Austin

  • A refreshing change

    Eager to see Barton Creek after the heavy rains a couple of weeks ago,  this afternoon I headed down to the greenbelt for a short hike. For the past several years when I’ve hiked the greenbelt, it’s been during our persistent drought, and while the upper creek had water, usually it was dry by the […]

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  • BlogathonATX 2013

    Yesterday I participated in BlogathonATX 2013, a day-long event in Austin, TX bringing bloggers together for writing, inspiration, site critiques, learning, conversations… and lots of coffee drinking and snacking. It’s a great day to hang out with old friends and make new ones, fix that blog that’s been stashed away in the basement, and clear […]

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  • Autumn hike in Bull Creek

    After heavy rains on Friday, Nimue and I decided to check out Austin’s Bull Creek. It was a gorgeous, perfect autumn day, cool with not a cloud in the sky. There’s nothing quite like splashing around in a creek with a puppy! This may have been her first chance to go swimming, and she loved […]

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  • On May 24 I finally got to see Sir Paul McCartney live in concert, at the Erwin Center in Austin, TX. As someone who has waited 33 years to see him in person, it was a very exciting moment for me, and I made the best of it. Growing up, I always danced to Beatles […]

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  • Uchiko. Austin, TX. Owned by chef Tyson Cole. Food to die for. There were seven of us, and we chose to allow our waiter to bring us dishes at his discretion. We lost count of the number of dishes they brought out, but we think there were 17, four of which were desserts. Everything was […]

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  • Austin Plant Ride

    Today I participated in a plant ride. A group of us spent the morning touring the Hyde Park neighborhood in Austin, TX on bicycles to learn about local plants. It was organized by Tamara and Eric under the auspices of the Austin Wildflower School of Botanical Medicine.

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