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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…...

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. [nggallery id=227]...

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. . [nggallery id=226 template=caption] . All the best in your preparation. .…...

Some red splotches, some red shoes…go figure. . [nggallery id=225 template=caption] . . But this story doesn’t end with murderous dreams. It switches to separate events and a confluence. [nggallery id=223 template=caption] . “Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.” Iris Murdoch . Thankfully there…...

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…...

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. [nggallery id=220 template=caption] . Here’s to the music lover in all of us, . David...

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.…...

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…...

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…...