We found Lodi Lake and hung out with the water fowl. (Good.) My work session at the storage shed was one long distraction. (Bad.) Indian food with Amber and family was delicious. (Good.)

A day that started off kind of meh ended up being lovely. Chocolate, roses and Mongolian BBQ set everything back on track.

Once in a while, I forget that old lesson, “look beyond the surface.” How often have you heard people say, “The real beauty is inside?” It applies to old gray buildings, too. I went a-hunting landmarks today, and Amber knew that the main post office in Stockton was on two historic registers. So that’s the [...]

I spent an afternoon with Amber about a week ago. She is my good friend and erstwhile neighbor and we appear to be slowly following one another around California. We both lived in the same apartment complex in Mountain View–a few years apart. We both lived in the same area of Sunnyvale–a few years apart. [...]

05 April My friend Amber came down to see me with her niece, and we went to the Escher exhibit at the San Jose Museum of Art. Wow. I can see the brilliance of his work, and roughly how it’s done, but to actually know how to do it…in fact, to know to do it [...]