Paul Everts

Today (January 7, 2016; FIRST FULL DAY FOLLOWING MY FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY), I was taking my long walk around the Lafayette Reservoir with my twenty-one-year-old son, PJ.  He leaves on Sunday to go back to college.  It is a beautiful reservoir that has a wonderful three-mile path. I love that area. I also love walking and […]

Mission Statement: My website / blogs will be education / family-centered. I will do my best to not be too political. However, through your eyes / experiences, you will form your OPINION which way I lean. All I would ask is that when one reads my blogs that one forms an opinion that these are

My website / blogs will be education / family-centered. I will do my best to not be too political. However, through your eyes / experiences, you will form your OPINION of which way I lean. All I would ask is that when one reads my blogs that one forms an opinion that these are words

This is written at 6:52am, December 24, in a quiet small living room in Dublin, CA (just outside of Oakland/San Francisco).   Diana (my wife), Katy (daughter), and PJ(son) are all still asleep.  It is raining outside and sounds/smells magnificent! And what am I thinking about? … That this is the last Christmas in my forties?  Maybe. 

Hello to a NEW WORLD: At forty-nine years old and soon to be turning FIFTY (January 6, 2016), I am writing my first ever blog and this opening sentence welcomes criticism.  Why?  Because I am sure there is something wrong with the first-ever sentence.  Syntax, or micro-aggression – due to my mentioning my age as