December 17th 2009  North America » United States » California » Sebastopol
By Melisse. After Dave and I paid a surprise visit to our dear friend and African drum and dance teacher, Victoria, she arranged a reunion of our little group we drummed with for five years. We calle ... 5 photos [full story]

December 6th 2009  North America » United States » California » Sebastopol
By melisse. Models, in their likeness, are being sculpted by Ali’s company, Alumni Exhibits. Ali, Bill, Bridgette and I have been creating a model of an elephant seal for Point Reyes Visitor C ... 16 photos [full story]

November 30th 2009  North America » United States » California » Sebastopol
By Melisse In the celebrating of Thanksgiving, some may think of the holiday’s historic foundation with either respect for the founding of this country or disgust of the annihilation of the nat ... 10 photos [full story]

November 10th 2009  North America » United States » California » Sebastopol
I fessed up this morning to Ali and Bill. I told them that I had to come clean. They looked at me completely intrigued. I confessed that last night I had done what I usually do when Melisse leaves me ... 1 photos [full story]

November 3rd 2009  North America » United States » California » Sebastopol
Unlike the midwest, in California, Dia de los muertos is a significant day. California, after all, was part of Mexico from 1821,when Mexico gained independence from Spain to 1846 when it became part o ... 3 photos [full story]

October 7th 2009  North America » United States » California » Sebastopol
A friend requested I send her descriptions of our friends we see along our way. The request set me to the challenge of describing Ali, one of the more amazing women I’ve known. She and her husba ... 13 photos [full story]

October 2nd 2009  North America » United States » California » Sebastopol
A group of us were sitting around last Saturday evening and began discussing an upcoming birthday gathering for this weekend. Chris, not in attendance, would be celebrated for his October 1st birthday ... 3 photos [full story]

September 28th 2009  North America » United States » California » Sebastopol
So Melisse and I have been staying with our friends Ali and Bill for a little over a week now and it is amazing what happens when you become stationary. That is besides catching your breath. For each ... [full story]

September 22nd 2009  North America » United States » California » Sebastopol
We received very sad news from Debbie, our friend in Alaska. Her wonderful Siberian husky, Sapphire, was romping in the parking lot at school where Debbie works. She sipped some tempting liquid on the ... [full story]