During the summer of 2015 we began driving around Lynden, with the goal of narrowing down where we might want to live. In a city of 15,000 it wasn’t too difficult. We also acquired a local realtor through our daughter in law Vicki.… Read the rest
Lynn and I spent time reflecting on the areas in and around Fresno that hold special memories for us. Some notes from our conversations:
Camp Chawanakee – remember getting deathly ill for the first two days of my first camp experience.… Read the rest
For some time, I’ve been attempting to understand what brought us to the last 2 years of fear and anger as it pertains to racism. So many people are angry.
I attended the recent West Coast Racial Unity Leadership Summit held at my church, College Church of Christ.… Read the rest
The story of the sale of our Fresno home was a reaffirmation to us that the decision we made last summer to move to Washington was the right one.
We talked to a few of our neighbors shortly after we came back to Fresno last October, sharing the news that we intended to leave the area in Spring 2016.… Read the rest
Today we had breakfast at the Copper Pot in Morro Bay. The owner of the restaurant is Lu Chi Fa, a Chinese orphan who wrote his memoirs. He wrote of his struggles after being orphaned at the age of three, and how he ended up coming to America.… Read the rest