Our travels back to Montanare, Italy - sitting for an Italian feast with our long time friends, Larry J Snyder.

Ready, Set, Wait…Five Years!

Without the benefit of revisiting social media posts or digital memory cards, it’s difficult to remember what specifically made our 2019 trip to the old country extra memorable. We had no idea when we pulled away from Ca D Maestro with a dozen chosen family members screaming ciao, ciao, ciao! that it would be our Read more about Ready, Set, Wait…Five Years![…]

Taylor, our sweet family dog, Larry J Snyder

Tribute to Taylor

The little four legger who stole our hearts. It really makes no sense that a 10-pound, furry white lap dog could capture a large part of so many hearts, including mine. But that’s what happened. After nearly a dozen joy-filled years, little Taylor Dog has found her path to the canine afterlife and we are………..super Read more about Tribute to Taylor[…]

Larry J. Snyder - The River, Preston, WA

The River, The Road and The Soul

In the past three years, Preston-Fall City Road has captured part of my heart and most of my imagination. A few days before Halloween 2021, a horrible phone call confirmed that Max, a 22-year-old beloved Starbucks coworker (and his mother Cami) died instantly when a freak windstorm landed a huge tree on their passing car. Read more about The River, The Road and The Soul[…]

Larry J. Snyder and daughter, Daniela, visiting San Diego University, Spring 2023.

College Tour Extravaganza 2023

I did not fully realize the gravity of all that comes with touring out of state colleges, especially the ones that require a two-hour flight, cost about the same as a starter home, and creates much fear of loss. In six days, we saw some things to behold, including one college right on the Pacific Read more about College Tour Extravaganza 2023[…]