Have A Little Hope in 2023

They say when you start a business, you just have to make it 5 years.

Teaching My Kid

I grew up in Alaska and I constantly crave getting back to a place where there are no humans, no artificial sounds and no screens. In 2023, I took my 14 year old daughter on her 4th Annual backpacking trip in the Three Sisters Wilderness. This photo is her in our tent, before we watched the Perseids Meteor shower on the darkest night in August from an elevation of 6000'.

2023 Block Party

In 2023, nearly 10K residents of Lane County (and beyond) descended into Downtown Springfield on a sunny September Friday night. While my wife and I had high hopes for The Block Party, we never could have anticipated how much the community would need an event like this and how enthusiastically they would support it.

While we were on the fence about the value of producing a free party for the City in which we live as volunteers, the magic that happened on September 8, 2023 was as compelling as a reason that I needed to keep this event happening year after year.