July 31Jul 31 The Weather and the parking gods smiled on us as we got to show Sue why Big Sur and Highway 1 have the reputation they do.
August 2Aug 2 Wasn't today, but my nephew returned from the ISS last week....! Long read, but pretty cool....NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Closes Out Space Station Mission - NASA
August 11Aug 11 I Was thankful we were lucky with our timing. Others may not have been so luckyhttps://www.sfgate.com/centralcoast/article/big-sur-wildfire-22381679.phphttps://www.instagram.com/p/Db3V1TIFGzb/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==EDIT:California’s Big Sur sees evacuation orders as Timber fire grows https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/11/big-sur-timber-fire-evacuations?CMP=share_btn_url Edited August 11Aug 11 by Grahame
Thursday at 09:16 PM1 day After a nice crabmeat sandwich lunch, got my Flu and (first) Shingles shots. Vaccines for the MFW!
1 hour ago1 hr This one will be hard to write, not because anything bad happened, only because change is hard.TL/DR - Nate is sad because Lily is in college.Longer, rambling version. Today we helped Lily move into college. She decided that she wanted to go to UNH in the spring time, so that's where we headed today. On top of the usual angst/sadness associated with dropping your first kid off at school it was a bit of an emotionally-charged day because that's where I went to school, met Maura, and lived for a few years even after graduation while Maura pursued her graduate degree. And in a simple twist of fate, the dorm that we lived in while Maura was a hall director is where Lily ended up as a Freshman. So it was a day of wildly swinging emotions. I'm confident that she'll do great there. The program that she's in (Occupational Therapy) is as good or better than any other in New England and it's very much right up her alley. So we know where she'll be for the next 5 years - it's a 4+1 masters program. What I can't figure out is why it very much feels like I have a broken heart? I mean I get it in lots of ways. As I explained to Andrew on the way home (he and I left first to get him to soccer practice), for every day in the last 18+ years I've known exactly where and when I'd see Lily next. Now, not so much. I expect it'll be at least a few weeks, if not longer before we see her. That's probably most of the pain I feel. But there's also a piece of me that feels a little, well, lost without her in the house. So we'll see how these next several weeks go with only one kid to day-to-day worry about. I'm not sure Andrew wants the additional attention coming his way. 😂
15 minutes ago15 min One of the hardest things to face IMO. And all those coincidences!! The only saving grace (for me) was that Andrew was becoming the person he was meant to be. He had some amazing growth in college, found some great people, and set the stage for what he is now, and that is amazing to me.His senior year, when I helped him move in the last semester, I was on my way home and Cat Stevens' "Father and Son" came on my playlist. I almost had to pull over I was tearing up so much.Good luck to Lily, you, Maura, and your Andrew! Edited 14 minutes ago14 min by skullguise
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