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Just outside of "Scooters", where we shared a final cup of coffee and a giant snicker-doodle cookie together

Double-decker Visit

We enjoyed two visits from Reuben&Heidi, Eden (3) and Harper (11 3/4 months) over the past two weeks. A very unusual situation, since they live in Hamilton, Ontario, a 13 hour drive east,  from where we live in Des Moines, IA.  Thanks, Nick and Jess, for moving to Denver!  And thanks, Reuben and Heidi, for [...]

Memory Lane

We’re sitting in a little breakfast cafe with our laptops  in downtown Milwaukee still sipping coffee. This cafe brews Starbuck’s coffee, so we’re loving the flavor, but starting to get the jitters after so much caffeine. No more refills after this!  We can see an entrance to the Grand Avenue Mall across the street from where [...]

Typical front porch scene. Nothing quite like a good cup of coffee with a great book at at 70 degrees and sunny.

Denver weekend

We were in Denver this past weekend, to visit Nick and Jess. We thoroughly enjoyed everything about this visit: meeting Denali for the first time, NOT getting up at 4:30AM for 3 days in a row, hanging out on the front porch or back deck depending upon the suns rays, hearing a presentation about Turkey by [...]