One of my favorite things about San Carlos is Hometown Days. Everyone in town comes out to celebrate our town in some way or another throughout this weekend! I love it because it is usually on or around my birthday, which is the third weekend in May. Hometown Days has been happening since 1979 –…
When was the last time you did something for the joy of it? Not because you had to, not because someone dragged you into it, not because it was your kids’ activity, but because you wanted to do something for the fun of it? When was the last time you did that? I did…
I like to write, most of the time. I’ve been writing since I was 12, mostly journaling, then papers, then work articles, papers, and blogs, and then blogging on my own. I always like to challenge myself and I keep a little pile of papers in the back of my journal as prompts when I…
Instrument Selection Night, or otherwise affectionately referred to as the Instrument Petting Zoo, was held this week for both of our middle schools in San Carlos. Bret and I run the trombone station, along with a couple of student helpers, and we’ve been doing this together for years. In fact, I think I have been…