Michael Phelps and the Olympics

Everyone has been captured by the amazing accomplishments of Michael Phelps at the Summer Olympics this past week. Some say they actually saw him trying to swim home, too! Is there nothing he can't do?

The Goss Exhibition

This week, our friends, Glenn and Jennifer Goss were here in Seattle and a small exhibition of Jen's work was shown at Mars Hill Graduate School. We also had a few conversations with some local artists and Glenn made a presentation at Church of the Beloved on his work as a trauma counselor among refugees in North Africa. Here she is putting the finishing touches together as Glenn looks on. For more of her art, check out her current website.


Of course, we also had to show them some of the sights of the Puget Sound and an obligatory ferry ride -- this one was to the San Juan Islands.

Yankee Stadium, Baby!!

Because of a very, very kind friend of mine, we had unbelievably good seats (how about Row 1 on the dougout?) at the Yankee game today. Here's the three of us enjoyed the fine ambiance of the Stadium before the game against the LA Angels (Yankees won, 14-9 in a great game).

New York, New York!!

The boys and I are in New York this weekend. Among the things we took in was the 9-11 Memorial. We are standing next to a large piece of metal from they found from one of the planes. The Memorial is a stark reminder of what happened that day and its impact on our country even now.