Sunday Morning Waking up to a text from Duke that he and Massimo want to go to Grass Valley this morning is welcome news to my otherwise wide open Sunday. They are just about to leave the Farmers Market at South Side Park which gives me a few minutes to get ready. I jump in …
Prologue “Hang on to your knickers!” As I take the entrance to the interstate rather quickly. I hear Jack yelping in the back as he flies in the air and lands on our luggage with a thud. While Duke, sitting in the passenger seat, white knuckled and hanging on for dear life as the car …
I’m a sucker for local festivals, and one event I especially look forward to every year is the Chalk it Up Art Festival in Sacramento on Labor Day weekend. This year is the 27th year of the FREE festival which also serves as a fundraiser to support local Youth Art Grants. As a 501C(3) nonprofit, …
Jack, the alarm clock, wakes up hungry and is pacing the hotel. Duke gets up, feeds Jack and takes him out to do his business. Feeling relief that I didn’t have to do it, I cover myself in these thin hotel sheets to get some more sleep. But sleep would not come. I toss around …