pleia2's blog

In practicing Judaism with MJ for over a decade, I had a passing familiarity with Sukkot, but much like Purim, it didn’t have much meaning until we had kids.

Once a year we head up to San Francisco to step into the past.

I had a wonderful welcome from my family upon my return from Australia.

In addition to critters, trams, and work, I had a few other random adventures while visiting Australia and New Zealand last month that were noteworthy.

A few months ago I was invited to speak at IBM Z Forum in Australia.

I like things on rails, but the last time I was in Melbourne in 2016 I didn’t realize they had a vintage tram system until I was leaving and it was too late to ride them!

Every time I visit Australia, I like to pet a new animal.

We flew back to California from Philadelphia on the last Thursday of July.

The weekend after we returned from our trip to Atlantic City epitomized why we spend our summers in Philadelphia: the ability to spend casual time with family.

While we’re spending our summers in Philadelphia, we try to do one east coast adventure where we take some time off from work.

The 4th of July weekend sort of began on Friday, July 3rd when I had the day off from work.

A couple years ago, a friend was clearing out an estate for a relative, and reached out to me because he had found a typewriter and mechanical calculator that he thought I might be interested in.

Our Philly summer began on Monday, June 15th with our cross-country flight.

The final weeks we were in California before heading to Philadelphia for the rest of the summer was spent cherry picking, going on a safari, and checking out a local beach!