Three Novels for 2025
Great things come in threes
New Zealand, 2024
With an extended break over the holidays, we decided to take a long trip to the Southern Hemisphere. Seattle was doing it's best to hide the sun and finding it was summer somewhere else on the globe felt like discovering a cheat code. No amount of reading prepared
Japan, May 2024
Japan is experiencing a tourism boom this year and we took part. It is a remarkable country and a great introduction to Asia for those taking their first big trip west from the United States. We spent one week - Sunday to Sunday - exploring Tokyo and Kyoto. So much
Hawai'i, February 2024
It is said that no one should make a major life decision in February. We subscribe to this as denizens of the Pacific Northwest. The short, grey days will get to you. They will make you question your choices. So, rather than existential angst, we decided to warm up with
The Monty Hall Problem
Luke brought up the Monty Hall Problem the other day. The structure is simple and my intuition led me astray. Imagine you are on a game show. You are presented with three doors. Behind one of them is a new car, while the other two contain goats. You want the
Weather Resources for the Pacific Northwest
If you have even a passing interesting in data, models, and visualizations you can’t beat modern day weather forecasting. The amount of data available is astonishing and the number of high resolution models in the US is quite remarkable - most of them “free” from NOAA. There is even
Washington, DC, July 2023
I hadn’t been on Upshur in years. We were crossing the northern part of the city on our way to South Dakota Avenue. And I certainly didn’t remember Lincoln’s summer cottage. How could I be seeing things for the first time after growing up in Washington? I
Miletones vs. Goals
Be wary if you find yourself saying “it will all be worth it in the end.” It won’t be. Big, audacious goals provide a way for us to prioritize how we spend our limited time, but we often define them long before we get into the work of achieving
CDMX (aka Mexico City), July 2023
With a bit of extra time in Mexico, we decided to take a trip to the big city, Mexico City aka CDMX for Ciudad de México. It felt a world away from the Baja and showed us even more of this fascinating and beautiful country. It will not come as
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