The USTA Billy Jean King Girl's 18s National Championships.

What a thrill to watch my granddaughter, Karolina, play in this tournament. Only 200 girls nationwide qualified. Watching her play, was amazing. She is strong, confident and poised under pressure. Since her moms were not able to accompany her to San Diego due to commitments ...

We decided to repeat our recent stay at the Bookings condo - but this time with good friends, Ross and Taffy. (For pictures of our last Brookings gambit, press Archive below). We were lucky to have almost perfect weather for that part of the coast. Hiking, good food and conversation - just the best!

Ross and Taffy are always up for a ...

Since moving to Oregon in 2007 the snow storms have been few and far between. I wouldn't call this one in January 2020 an actual snow storm, but it did snow! It's always so beautiful to look out the window to our deck and watch the flakes falling.

We hardly needed to shovel the driveway but up on the hiking trails above Ashland it was a different ...