New Year's Day - a holiday, a time for family, friends, reflection, celebration.

January 1, 2022, fell on a Saturday. That day, an agent put a house on the MLS for sale, with showings to start Sunday. The copy in the MLS implied that they were hoping to have offers either Sunday afternoon or Monday...

“In all things we should try to make ourselves be as grateful as possible. For gratitude is a good thing for ourselves, in a manner in which justice, commonly held to belong to others, is not. Gratitude pays itself back in large measure.”

—Seneca, Moral Letters, 81.19

As the year comes to a clo...

What would a summer letter be without another road trip?

This year Evan wisely stayed up in Bozeman for the summer, so our journey began with Zach, Sydney and I driving up to see him at the end of June. After three and half days in beautiful days in Montana and some fun family time, Sydney flew off...