D&F 7/4/21
D&F 7/4/21 Happy 4th, I guess? In Oakland fireworks are such a regular occurrence that I fear this day as it usually sounds like a war zone on the holiday....
D&F 6/27/21
D&F 6/27/21 Happy Tour de France! Friday night late meant the beginning with a short women's course race "La Course," that ended in a really exciting sprint,...
D&F 6/20/21
D&F 6/20/21 Hoo boy, I am tired. This week was full of meetings, and helping a beloved friend move (hi Lena!). I kept choosing a book over going to bed at a...
D&F 06/12/21
D&F 06/12/21 It's clearly less of a pandemic now than it was, at least in Oakland, because Saturday marked not one, but two get-togethers (outdoors), and...
D&F 6/6/21
D&F 6/6/21 This weekend marked my first back at an outdoor bar with some friends; smoke-infused laughs and cheers were had. The bar required a vaccination...
D&F 5-30-21
D&F 5/30/21 Greetings from my iPad, which is now my primary computer again until I discover if my quite wet MacBook will recover. I set out for St. Helena...
D&F 5/23/21
D&F 5/23/21 With a long week behind me, I was thrilled to get cocktails and German beer with a few friends on Friday afternoon; rounding out the evening with...
D&F 5-16-21
D&F 5/20/21 A short and late one today fresh from the text editor. Reader, I am tired today. Yesterday I took my bike into the city to ride with friend of...
D&F 5/9/21
D&F 5/9/21 It's hotting up here in the bay, with one friend reporting they even needed to use the AC today—nearly 80º! One of the things I find charming...
D&F 5/02/21
D&F 5/02/21 It’s a sunny weekend in the bay, and it’s hard to believe we’re almost halfway through 2021. My week included a dreaded “deep cleaning” at the...
D&F 4/25/21
D&F 4/25/21 Last weekend was rough for a number of reasons, after starting with a nice bike ride that ended in losing a good amount of blood. I bruised a few...
D & F Week Off
hi folks, I didn't have time or energy to write a newsletter this week due to a bike crash on Friday. I'm mostly ok, but pretty badly bruised and I've got a...
D&F 4/11/21
D&F 4/11/21 What's the 411?! Do y'all remember when you could text Google? back in the days when they were all about "don't be evil"? I do. Now, we all have...
D&F 4/04/21
D&F 4/04/21 What if the entire last year was an April fool's joke? A few friends have told me they imagine waking up from a bad dream one morning in March...
D&F 3/28/21
D&F 3/28/21 A crisp fresh breeze drifts through my windows and across my living room. I think, yes, it's spring! The days a longer and it's now the season...
D&F 3-21-21
D&F 3/21/21 Can you smell the spring equinox?! There was a hummingbird nest outside my house today, and Lena and I both agreed it was a sign of the spring....
D&F 3-14-21
D&F 3/14/21 drafts It's midway through march, and I'm cautiously optimistic! This week marked news of a general > 16 y/o availability of vaccines in the...
D&F 3-7-21
D&F 3/7/21 This weekend almost felt normal again! I definitely feel a great deal of fear and worry still about COVID-19, but luckily I got to see my friend...
D&F 2-28-21
D&F 2/28/21 For me this weekend started with very sore legs, and a live show from the folks at Rude Tales of Magic. The show was a pretty bizarre and...
D&F 2-21-21
D&F 2/21/21 drafts It's nearly the end of February, and it's starting to get sunny again here in the Bay Area, while my home state of Texas is absolutely...