Daily updates

I spent most of Friday and Saturday doing two days of both paid and volunteer work and chores, then Sunday was a day for culture and fun. Actually, I did have fun on Friday morning going to the beach again with my sister Lori. This time instead of sunshine and crowds, the beach was very…

I had an awesome 4th of July with my sisters! Lori drove down from Sacramento in the morning and we headed to Stinson Beach for a walk on the sand. Because it had been such a hot week in the Bay Area, many people had decided to head to the beach. By the time we…

Now that I’m back working full-time and have to commute part of the time I haven’t had as much time to write in my blog. There has been plenty going on as I am getting to know the staff and operations at Village Community Resource Center, but that combined with the extreme heat has not…

Today was Kieran and Kourtney’s engagement party! Mom and I headed over just after 10, and we’re very happy not to hit much traffic. A couple of weeks ago the Marysville hotel caught fire since then all traffic through the middle of downtown, where the hotel is located, has been rerouted which caused a slow…

I spent a fabulous day hiking at Portola Redwood State Park with a friend from my bar association days. We took a few different trails, both huffing and puffing up the steeper than expected hills, then settled in at the campfire center to eat our lunch. Our topics ranged all over the place from how…

This week marks the start of my role as Interim Executive Director at the Village Community Resource Center. This is a return to my community-based nonprofit roots, and three days in I am very happy to have made the move. I am so impressed with the vibrant, positive, creative group of employees who are the…

On Monday, I drove to Manteca to meet a friend from my bar association days who works for a winery. She went from being ED of a Bar Association to a compliance analyst in the wine industry and absolutely loves what she does. I could see why, it gave her a whole new industry to…

Today I went to an archiving workshop at the Mill Valley Public library. There was a group of about 20 of us who were taught basic labeling and archiving methods.  We helped the library with archiving some of its historical information as well as categorizing slides and 8 mm film for a local art nonprofit. It…

I’ve had a productive and social couple of days. Thursday was a cloudy, foggy day. It was nice to be bundled up and walking on the waterfront – saw lots of cool sites.  I was in San Francisco to meet a friend from my MNA cohort for lunch – we haven’t seen each other in…

Taking Winston with me when I went through the car wash, seeing his excited surprise Thinking about my dad on Father’s Day with my mom and two of my sisters, we barbecued tri-tip in his honor. Writing poetry and Emmy’s backyard by the fire pit and later enjoying a fire. Seeing a beautiful blue heron,…