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Started my weekend with a beautiful hike on the Allen Trail in Kentfield with Heather. After some grey days we had a gorgeous morning and saw beautiful waterfalls and trees covered in moss and ferns. Except for locals walking their dogs or out for a run it was pretty quiet. This was a new trail…

Oh it’s been a good week. I spent three days house and dog sitting sweet little Rosco in San Rafael. We got out for walks around the neighborhood and he snuggled on my lap at night. I spent time doing art, reading, preparing for upcoming JNE interviews and doing some work for my friend’s nonprofit.…

What I have been doing since I got back from Green Gulch? On Thursday I did not go anywhere or do much of anything because I was pretty tired after my two weeks as a guest student. It was nice to just have time to reacclimatize. On Friday I did some work then Emmy and…

It’s been a long time since I posted. I got back from 2 weeks at Green Gulch, a local Zen center, on Wednesday but haven’t been able to put together anything about it until today. I figured it was easiest to start with the schedule and details about my time there would emerge, so here…

I’ve been settling back in the last couple of days. I walked to Sausalito then went kayaking with my sister one day. Been working on my gap year guide and walking in the neighborhood – one day I checked out the local free little libraries and saw several had notes in them asking people to…

My last day at TAC was a quiet one. I walked the labyrinth once in the morning and again in the afternoon, the snow was rapidly melting, and every time I got out there, I could see more and more of the stones. I managed to walk most of the way up TAC Hill, the…

I realize it’s been over a week since I last posted. Time for a catch up! Rebekah and I got together quite a few times to talk about their upcoming board retreat and other matters. She had me make a couple of videos to use at that retreat as a way to get board members…

Now that the driveway had been plowed again, I was able to get out and went for a longer walk on the Paul Stock Trail, seeing lots of birds, including a bald eagle! The weather had warmed up considerably – I think it got as high as the low 30s, which made for very comfortable…

It’s always a push-pull to go out in the morning when it’s so cold. I love, love, love being out on the labyrinth as dawn slowly turns to sunrise – the mountains go pink and the sky lightens – but it’s very cold outside, as low as -12 on these mornings! To move from sitting…

What have I been doing the last couple of days? I took a gorgeous picture out my window of the moon and the clouds at 4:30 this morning. Later I had a beautiful labyrinth walk watching the moon set. I created dried flower bouquets with found items, made bookmarks, walked the labyrinth, made a snow…