West Coast Weather Report

It's been a crazy mild winter so far. We had maybe six days of rain and it just ended with a forecast of mid 60s for the week. Just before the rain came for a visit we were back out to the Berkeley Marina for a beautiful afternoon. The burrowing owls were back as well.

No Wind = No Sailboats

The clearest evening. So still and slightly eerie; it felt like earthquake weather.

農曆新年

This man is beyond consideration. Now is the time, the time is now.

Today's Photo

Title: Bam!

Tracing Lines Through Time

OK. Let me see if I've got this.

My mother, Rebecca Jane, is the daughter of Jane Marie, who is the daughter of William and Ethel.

William is the son of Thomas and Ellen.

Thomas is the son of John and Mary.

Veteran - Civil War
"A native Parish Claremorris Co Galway, Ireland"
(I have been to Claremorris, now in Co Mayo, and have friends there)

"Born Co Galway, Ireland"
(the quotes are what's on the tombstones according to the Richland County, Wisconsin cemetery website)

William Bann is upper right. Thomas and Ellen in the front row. 1905

Just one ancestral string.

The Year of the Dragon is Upon Us

Yank Sing

We Are in a Constant State of Migration

From Portland to Cabo and back again with seasonal stops in Oakland.

Dinner in a Movie