Cat Howell's blog

January 19, 2012 The first photo is of the UW's Suzallo library. Mike walked into work today and took this shot on his way home. Yo...

On my bicycle commute to work, I get views of the Cascade Mountains, the Olympic Mountains, Mt. Rainier, and the Seattle downtown skyline. ...

Maeve was quoted today on the UW Computer Science & Engineering News Blog.  There is also a picture of Mike in the article.

November 24, 2011 Thanksgiving 2011. 2010 Turkey Trot Last year, we helped with registration at the Turkey Trot , a 5K benefiting t...

I like my Kindle e-book reader.  It's handy for checking out library books, and I like that I can use "Manage my Content" at ...

The FollowMe Tandem Coupling  attaches a parent's bike to a child's, creating a tandem bicycle in which three wheels are on the gro...

Last weekend, I went hiking without the family for the first time since the kids were born. I likewise haven't been on any long bicycle...

Summer Hiking 2011. I haven't posted in forever, and have lots to update about summer travels (HI, NC), but here's an update ...

Welcome to Seattle Just after we arrived in Seattle, I was returning the rental minivan that took us from the airport. The person in line...

Thanksgiving, 2010 On Thanksgiving day, we volunteered for the Seattle Turkey Trot, a 5K fundraiser for the Ballard Food Bank. We'd b...

October 7, 2010 This is an older photo (a month ago) from when Silas started attending the same daycare as Maeve. They now both ride with M...

November 22-23, 2010 Snow in Seattle We had snow on Monday of this week, and ended up having the week off from school. Seattle pretty much c...

F airs, slides and Hiking Two weekends ago we went to the Pullyup Fair, the WA state fair. Maeve has been very interested in riding roller-...

Howell Beach week 2010 We were on vacation in NC for two weeks. The first with my mom in Lake Lure, where we spent the week in the water. ...

July 5, 2010 We finally got photos of Silas walking. We were playing the walking game, the one where the toddler launches himself from one...

Father's Day 2010: June 20, 2010 We decided to take a short hike on Father's Day, a drizzly but warmish day. We headed out towards ...

Washington Park Arboretum, May 23, 2010 We went for a walk today on a trail in the Washington Park Arboretum that goes over a couple of isla...