Feb 3, 2014
Back in 1979 my sister Shelley asked me to paint Nils’ room. Heck yeah, my parents’ first grandchild and all. In turn, Nils and Sarah asked me to help paint their baby’s room, the first great grand child. This team effort included young...
Sep 15, 2013
I fess up, I’ve not added a post to this blog in almost a year, let’s just say I had a few other things going on. I’ve also been encouraged (ahem) to be a little less public with my personal life. OK. However, my last post will bear resemblance to...
Oct 12, 2012
I’m a local. By some stroke of luck, I was fortunate enough to grow up in what I think was the golden era of sports in Oakland: the A’s won 5 straight division titles and 3 world series starting in ’71; the Raiders were a perennial powerhouse,...
Oct 4, 2012
As I write this, it will be 41 years tomorrow that my dad extracted my brother and I from school to attend a baseball game. October 5, 1971 was a warm Indian summer morning in the bay area. That afternoon, game 3 of the 1971 American League playoffs would take place...
Jul 5, 2012
Family night at the Coliseum – 9th inning drama to down the Red Sox, capped with a fireworks display viewed from the playing... 
