The Improbable Skier

I dragged Sheena to Kirkwood on Sunday, and after a series of ups and downs, she actually made significant progress in becoming a skier. I taught her how to sidestep up small hills without drifting away into the nearby creek, and to snowplow down the same small hills while staring said creek down with steely-eyed confidence. After she was on a roll with these exercises, I managed to get her on a chairlift. When the lift got 20 feet up her confidence quickly disappeared, but she was somehow able to make it down her first real trail in about 20 minutes while only falling twice. I knew I would get something in return for watching Ever After with her three years ago, and this is it.

I was in LA briefly yesterday for a few meetings, and the sky was so clear that you could see the snow-capped San Gabriel mountains in the distance. This was my second time in LA, and it seemed like a completely different place from the hazy, overcast city I visited in April. It clearly isn't always so amazing, though, since this photo made the front page of the LA Times today.