Day 55: Boxes and Blue Cookies

Today I’m in the city, doing some gruntwork and manual labor with people I consider to be family. If you want to see a high-class organization in action, the 6th floor of this building is a good place to start. The Make-A-Wish folks grant wishes for kids with life-threatening illnesses. That’s what they do, and they’re really good at it. I had a life-changing opportunity to work with them a few years ago on a special project. Ben (who’s now a tall teenager) is a very smart guy whose wish was to develop a video game where the player fights … Continue reading Day 55: Boxes and Blue Cookies

Day 13: Gargoyles, Scientists and Cookies

First thing this morning, I got a surprise phone call about buried ships. Leigh works in the Maritime Library archives. He had heard that I was looking for information on the Niantic wreck, and called to say that he actually has everything recovered from that ship. Tools, supplies, even the champagne (which he says he has not sampled). He’ll be able to show them to me in a couple of weeks. Next person I talked to was my grandmother, who moved to SF from Scotland when she was little. She said “I could have told you they were there. They … Continue reading Day 13: Gargoyles, Scientists and Cookies