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Padel in Madrid

Julie and I took a pádel lesson last week in a neighborhood about 2 miles south of us.

Sailing Season

Our sailing season officially kicked off yesterday, with our first-ever participation in a race with our Melges 15.

Our Melges 15 Sailboat

Meet the newest addition to our family: a Melges 15 racing sailboat to replace our Flying Dutchman.

Pickleball

Speaking of Skechers, we’ve been playing some pickleball! Julie practicing pickleball One of the reasons I changed golf clubs this year is so that Julie a...

Kite Surfing In Columbia Gorge

At least that’s what I think it’s called. We saw a wide range of implements, including tiny foil-style boards that stayed out of water (think previous Ameri...

E Scow Sailing

Julie and I are having fun this summer as ad hoc crew on an E Scow racing sailboat at the Keuka Yacht Club.

End of High School Athletics for Jacob

Jacob frosh football Today marks the end of Jacob's high school athletic career as Julie, Matthew and I watched him compete at Putnam HS for the district...

Basketball Season

I haven't written much about basketball season lately and given how much of my family life revolves around it this time of year it is at least worth an aside...

Track Season is Over

Jacob opted out of baseball this spring, which makes me a bit sad but also a bit proud - he’s recognizing the value of (relative) downtime and grew weary of ...

Basketball Season Update

We are nearing the end of basketball season for both boys (young men?). They’ve both progressed very well this year, and I’ve been able to spend a lot of tim...

Hey, Blue!

Jacob got trained up and has started umpiring baseball games. Work has been slow so he’s done some free games for the youth recreational league here in Sherw...

Baseball Season

The baseball seasons starts with a bang this weekend with the Sherwood Federal JBO tournament. Jacob is playing in the senior fed tournament, Matthew the jun...

End of Fall Sports

Saturday marked the end of fall sports for Jacob and Matthew.  Matthew finished the season with a strong win against a Tigard team, while Jacob’s team suffer...

Fall Sports Begin

Not only was this the opening weekend for the NFL (my Colts and Cowboys appear to be off to a stellar start.  At least the Seahawks won…), but Jacob and Matt...

More Baseball Photos

I’m having way too much fun with my Digital Rebel. I’m especially impressed with the results I’m getting with high-speed (1/1600, 1/2000) action photos of Ja...

Baseball Season!

Jacob and Matthew are playing baseball again this year.

Wrestling Tournament

Jacob and Matthew have been practicing with Sherwood youth wrestling

Cubs Win!

Man, it has been a long time! 95 years in fact - 1908 was the last time the Cubs managed to win a post-season series.