Author: rcragun
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California Trip – day 8 – work
Today was my second work day. I know a few people who live/work in the area and one of them is a professor at Pitzer College who happens to be using my new book for his current class. I emailed him ahead of time to see if he wanted to do lunch and he invited…
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California Trip – day 7 – Page Museum and LA Science Center
It was science day on our trip. Our first stop was the Page Museum and La Brea Tar Pits. When we arrived, parking was limited because they were filming a TV show there – Trophy Wife?!? I’d never heard of it, and I wasn’t really all that interested, but we watched them film a couple…
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California Trip – day 6 – down day
Debi’s first conference ended on the evening of the 8th and her second began in the afternoon of the 9th, so she and Toren spent the morning of the 9th swimming. By the time Toren woke up from his nap, it was too late to go anywhere in LA traffic, so we went swimming again…
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California Trip – day 5 – Riley’s Farm and Heart Rock
We headed out of Anaheim again on the 8th. Toren has never really spent any time on a farm. We visited a milk cattle operation once, but Toren is growing up in the city. I thought a farm might be rather novel for him. A recommendation on red tricycle suggested Riley’s Farm in Oak Glen.…
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California Trip – day 4 – Sturtevant Falls and Reese’s Retreat
Debi’s conference started on the 7th and I had no intention of going to evil Disney. Instead, Toren and I once again took advantage of California’s hills and did some hiking. Our first hike was to Sturtevant Falls: Here’s a video I took of the “falls”: Given the time of year, they aren’t really falls.…
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California Trip – day 3 – Encino and Anaheim
I have relatives who live in the greater LA area. We arranged to meet up with them for lunch on Sunday in Encino. We arrived a little early just to make sure we didn’t get stuck in traffic and played in a park for a while. Lunch was great. It’s always nice catching up with…
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California Trip – day 2 – San Diego
If you followed the previous post closely, you probably noticed that Debi’s conference was in Anaheim but we spent the first night in San Diego. That’s because I know someone in San Diego who runs a Humanist group and she arranged to have me speak to her group about my book. That’s what I did…
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California Trip – day 1 – San Diego
One of the luxuries of being on sabbatical is that I can pretty much take a trip whenever I want. Debi had a conference in Anaheim (at the Anaheim Convention Center about a block away from Disneyland) in early October and I had some frequent flyer miles. That meant Debi’s work would cover her airfare,…
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new school, new backpack
Toren started a new preschool in August that is very close to our house (I walk to pick him up most days). He has to bring home a binder every day, along with his lunch and water bottle. So, we got him a backpack. It’s awesome! It’s from REI and has a spot for a…
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how Toren plays Risk
I’m not sure what games of Risk look like in your household (You do play Risk, don’t you?!?), but ours involve some nontraditional pieces: