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5th Annual Red Rhino Walk-a-thon

On April 3rd, 2011, the 5th Annual Walk-a-thon for Red Rhino was held at Saint Mary’s High School in Stockton, CA.  A special thank you to our Event Sponsors. Event Sponsors  Platinum Pelton Shepherd Industries Gold The Carlson Family Zeiter Eye Medical Group Silver The Burlington Family Bronze Madison Wine…...

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Pleasanton Walk-a-thon 2011

RROP’s Pleasanton Walk-a-thon March 27th. p.s.  Don’t forget about the 5th Annual RROP Walk-a-thon in Stockton on April 3rd....

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11 March 2011 – Ashes To Ashes and Ball Joints to Dust

I remember Lent from my childhood. A small monastic inclination in the day-to-day, a paper bag in a cupboard with candy deferred, and a cloud of not understanding that I liked. Here’s how it showed up this year. . . All the best in your preparation. . David...

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1 March 2011 – “No! I am Spartacus! And Those Are My Red Shoes.”

Some red splotches, some red shoes…go figure. . . . But this story doesn’t end with murderous dreams. It switches to separate events and a confluence. . “Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.” Iris Murdoch . Thankfully there are exceptions. . David...

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5 February 2011 – Table Talk

People often ask me what it’s like to live/work in Kenya. It’s not so much “like” anything else that I know. And mostly it resists adequate verbal explanation. So in the interest of showing rather than telling, I thought I’d let you in on what we did when we needed…...

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16 January 2011 – The Grand Opening Celebration – Red Rhino Children’s Center

A good party is something to look forward to. A great party may need a few years build up. Last Saturday we went from Beautiful Dreamer to Camptown Races. . Here’s to the music lover in all of us, . David...

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21 December 2010 – I’ll be Home for Christmas…Or Maybe New Year’s

Zurich Airport – 6:30 am . I am certainly the only person, this darkest morning of the year, in flip-flops here. Though I have added socks as a warmth and fashion upgrade. Last night, even though I was about five miles closer than usual, I missed the solstice lunar eclipse.…...

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3 July 2010 – Contain Yourself!

The which we were hardly able to do, when the truck with the forty foot container inched its way through our red oxide gate. It was like a relative…one you like…showing up just before grace at Thanksgiving dinner, whom you believed still to be in Suriname. The long, tortuous bureaucratic…...

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25 June 2010 – The Death of Computing

A couple of days ago, I sorted out a problem with my US bank account, spoke to my daughter, listened live to the last inning of a Giants game, got a recipe for potato leek soup, lined up three business meetings, and fiddled with the website. Then I got out…...

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