Back to my crazy life. Monday was the start of the Lunar New Year. I wasn’t ready for any kind of celebratory activity at school, like wearing my ao dai + providing students will a plethora of Vietnamese treats, but I did manage to stuff 120 envelopes with science coupons + some [...]

Had a relaxing and productive Sunday.  I went for my usual morning run, grooving to the tunes of Fleetwood Mac.  Burned photos of Yellowstone trip on a couple of CD and made a trip to Costco for prints.  While waiting for photos, I made a trip to Starbucks where I plopped myself down on one [...]

For the past 5 days, I have been on this amazing journey with some pretty incredible people experiencing Yellowstone National Park in the middle of winter. The place, I tell you, is a total winter wonderland. (Too bad it didn’t snow, otherwise it would have completed the story.) The wildlife, the geysers, [...]

We had such a spectacular day. Becky and I began the day with an early morning walk down Interstate 89, the main road through the small town of Gardiner. It was a very quiet morning stroll with deer grazing and a few folks walking their dogs. We both jumped at the loud, [...]

Left the house early this morning for a 6:10 flight to Bozeman, Montana. Didn’t go to bed until about 1 last night, so I was asleep as soon as I took my seat on the Delta flight. Didn’t wake up until we landed in SLC, UT. The plane landed on time, but [...]

Here I am all decked out in my winter gear a few days ago.