MY LATEST NEWS ...
So ... what's new? Lately ... lots of travel. At the end of March (okay, not so new) we went kayaking in Baja, where I had an absurd number of encounters with deadly desert creatures. It was a first trip there for both of us, and we're definitely going back. We went with a kayak tour company -- a good experience for getting the lay of the land, but next time we'll probably do a self-supported trip. Anyway, it was a great trip. Except for the scorpions. And the poisonous ants. And the enormous "common chockwala."
More recently, we went up to Bodega Bay for our anniversary, which was lots of fun and a chance to see some wineries that are further afield. Terry spent almost all of July on his big Alaskan odyssey, and is now trying to figure out how to spend the time no longer committed to food dehydration and nautical charts. Right after he returned we spent a wonderful long weekend in the Sierra celebrating the marriage of our friends Nancy and Brian. The next weekend I went to the Twin Cities for Brooke and Jon's wedding .
We had also planned to go kayak camping on Lake Sonoma at the end of August to celebrate ... or at least observe ... my 30th birthday. (gasp.) But it was about a thousand degrees out, so we opted to stay in Alameda and have a little BBQ instead.
So, a very busy summer but full of great adventure and celebration. Coming up this fall: a trip to Philadelphia for Kevin & Laura's wedding. And possibly a weekend trip volunteering for Kerry-Edwards in a swing state. We'll see....

Meanwhile, in the realm of "is it post-modern, or just wierd" file, I'm spending lots of time knitting, much of it with my new-found knitting friends from the Mel-O-Dee Bar in lovely El Cerrito. I've now made: a huge red scarf, a stripey (?) wool hat, a sweater, "fraternal twin" baby hats (for fraternal twin babies), and the peruvian baby hat for the peruvian baby. In the works: baby blanket, black tanktop, alpaca sweater for Terry and something with the old rowan wool my mom just found. One of these days, I'll get around to setting up a photo gallery... And a knitting blog, since my friend Karrie is tired with my long "what did I do wrong" emails!

Speaking of galleries, has it really been a year since the wedding? The pictures are still on Ofoto for your reminiscing pleasure. REMINISCE!

Also fun viewing: pics from our fabulous honeymoon in romantic canada , and photos from building Santa's Little Helper in our old apartment.

Meanwhile, for the nostalgic, ... here are my Alaska winter pictures -- my pet moose, the big snowstorm, and more...
Also, here are a few pictures from my big camping trip in summer '01 - pictures of Alaska.

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Here are some random pictures of Terry and me on some of our big adventures
Here are pics from -- our trip to Hawaii! See the NaPali coast, the waterfall from fantasy island, the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific," and Terry's floppy hat....
Click here for MORE Hawaii Pics!
Click here for pictures of Team Adventure, camping on Angel Island State Park.

ENJOY!


Also ... a quotations page for your enjoyment.

And, to keep you amused and informed, I've added a list of some of my favorite places on web:

• people doing incredibly important work :
  The Innocence Project -- a nationwide network of amazing lawyers and law students working to free the wrongfully convicted
  national center on poverty law -- browse 30 years of case reports by topic
  The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) Through education, policy research and advocacy, CLASP seeks to improve the economic security of low-income families with children and secure access for low-income persons to our civil justice system.
  The Children's Defense Fund
  The Center for School Change at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute -- working with educators, parents, business people, students, policy-makers and other concerned people throughout the United States to increase student achievement; raise graduation rates; improve student attitudes toward learning, their schools, and their communities; and strengthen communities through building stronger working relationships among educators, parents, students and other community members.
  The National Center for Youth Law
  The Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice at the Humphrey Institute -- undertaking research to guide and empower policy makers and community leaders in promoting solutions to the problems of racism and racial and ethnic inequality. �

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• informative stuff:
  Public Agenda -- "a nonpartisan, nonprofit public opinion research and citizen education organization;" lots of helpful information and resources on any policy topic you can think of.
  christian science monitor
  education week
  slate magazine
  national public radio
  the anchorage daily news
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• cool people/places
  the northfield mt hermon school (my high school, and a truly wonderful place)
  Macalester College -- a small but lively liberal arts school in the midwest
  
• funny stuff:
  harper's index
  the brunching shuttlecocks! -- home to such informative diversions as "Impotence Drug or Italian Sportscar?"; "Christian Heavy Metal Band or Star Trek Episode?"; and "Are you smarter than Miss America?"
  the onion
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• HUNGRY??�try one of these yummy sites...
  epicurious -- you too can make molten chocolate cake!
  food tv -- home to the Iron Chef and my new favorite sporting arena: KITCHEN STADIUM!

If you want to get in touch with me, I'm at [email protected]

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