Ministry for the Poor and Vulnerable

Here we see Officer Chas giving a helping hand to Officer Jolene after they volunteered to continue searching for more instances of silicon based life forms on Kepler 46f.

Roughly eight billion years ago a star exploded, casting into space the iron its engine produced, continuing the seeding of the cosmos with one of the basic ingredients required for life.

On my morning run there’s a spot that smells of a cotton field, triggering an intense memory of harvesting cotton on the King Ranch my summer years in high school.

[NOTICE: I’m writing this in bed with a fever.

I’ve found art, engineering, and organizations have something in common: Prestressing or pretensioning of environment, materials, or people to produce greater results.

On John Muir, who’s name marks the trail Jolene is exploring above: Of sensory perceptions and light During his first summer in the Sierra as a shepherd, Muir wrote field notes that emphasized the role that the senses play in human perceptions of the envi…

When Jolene walks into a room she tries every seat, just to see what it’s like.

Enjoying watching Steph pick up a pencil more often.

Jolene and I take a moment to wander the Ahwahnee, taking care to avoid one room in particular.

Reprinted Ford’s High Plains Drifter photo yesterday.

Broke Bone Stetson II.

Had one of the most inspiring conversations with Chrissie Brodigan yesterday.

Acacia flowers.

Several years ago I used to ride my bike to work, and sometimes I’d take the train to San Jose and bike from there to home.

Enjoying an amazing very Spring day.

El Capitan is composed almost entirely of El Capitan Granite, a pale, coarse-grained granite emplaced approximately 100 mya (million years ago).

While Team Sicore repeatedly tests the friction coefficient of the ice layer covering Badger Pass, Jolene and I explore the surrounding territory.

The Ahwahneechee people called the waterfall “Cholock” (“the fall”) and believed that the plunge pool at its base was inhabited by the spirits of several witches, called the Poloti.[4][5] An Ahwaneechee folktale describes a woman going to fetch a pail of…

Last run of the day at Badger Pass.

Jolene inspects the Bose-Einstein condensate nacelles for heat fractures while the rest of Team Sicore prepares for an icy low-friction descent.

The boys take a few minutes from scrambling talus to warm themselves in the glow of 10 million years of batholithic uplift.

Jupiter is perpetually covered with clouds composed of ammonia crystals and possibly ammonium hydrosulfide.

Alexander McQueen Green Skulls scarf, Burberry clutch, Levis, Blue fade Wayfarers, wedge shoes, and a cashmere sweater stolen from my dresser.

On rainy Saturday morning, we visited Uvas Canyon with our friends, Ben and Sam.

Taken around 10pm, over the Lexington Reservoir, ~20s exposure, full Moon.

Thank you, team, for everything.

During the second day at Pinnacles, we arrived around 11am, full of burritos snagged in Tres Pinos.

On the first day, all we really encountered was the great Ghost Pine of the California Chaparral.

Over the MLK holiday, we visited the Eastern Pinnacles of Pinnacles National Park, near Hollister, CA.

Spent a few days in Berlin on a business trip for Mozilla.

A few days ago, Jolene turned two.

For the past six years, I created an environment where amazing engineers and engineering leaders built Firefox for the desktop and Android, amazing products that deliver on Mozilla’s mission.

Steph was soaking in the adjacent springs while the kids played in the palm grove.

This is another photo that I found on an old roll of Fuji 800 that I somehow forgot to develop a couple of years ago.

On this morning, she not only stripped these off but everything else, too.

Turn your kids loose in the middle of nothing, in a place where they have to walk half of a mile to get to anything at all.

Link to photo on Flickr.

A surprised Chas caught picking over Panum Crater plug for shards of obsidian.

Waking with Steph and unwrapping her is a privilege.

Ford, Chas, and Jolene enjoying a tamale breakfast on a cold morning near Ubehebe Crater.

Jolene and recent basalt lava.

Three children on Steel Pass.

What it says.

Ford.

Jolene and Steph orbiting The Grandstand which pierces an endorheic basin between the Cottonwood Mountains and the Nelson Range.

This may be my favorite photo from our Saline Valley 2012 trip.