I had a nice wander around the sixth arrondissement this morning, noticing lots of interesting artwork up on the walls – including an alien, C-3PO and Chewbacca from Star Wars and my favorite, the figure of a retreating old man in a long coat. I also found a few cute little alleyways and the ornate…

Woke up this morning with a little bit of a sore throat so after getting my stuff ready for the day, I headed out to find a pharmacy. That proved to be a much more difficult task than I had anticipated. I am used to the US where everything is open seven days a week…

One thing that I have noticed, which I didn’t remember as much from my first visit to Paris, is that there are lots of people smoking everywhere! Young and old, fashionable or not, smoking hand-rolled or manufactured cigarettes, e-cigarettes. People seem to be able to juggle a cigarette, a dog, a phone and a kid…

Today I flew to Paris! My day started with Mom dropping me off at the airport and enjoying the sunrise on the drive to SFO. I had a short flight to Seattle, then transferred to another flight that took me to Charles De Gaulle airport in Paris. I had friendly seat mates on both flights,…

I’ve been enjoying post-rain walks around the neighborhood, checking out the raindrops clinging to flowers and grasses. Today I hiked to Cascade Canyon waterfall in Fairfax. I’ve hiked around that area before but I don’t think I’ve ever been to the waterfall. It was lovely, a wonderful spot for contemplation, which someone was doing when…

Sunday was my last day hanging out with Margot, we had a nice long play at the park where she found a huge branch to play with.  While we were playing at the park, I got some very happy news. My son, Kieran asked his girlfriend, Kourtney, to marry him last night! They recently celebrated…

I am spending a few days house and dog sitting in the Midtown Terrace neighborhood in San Francisco near Twin Peaks and Sutro Tower. My charge is Margot, a very sweet lab who is doing much better since the last time I looked after her. At that time she had done something to her hip,…

I’m getting better at listening to myself, paying attention to what’s going on for me, physically and emotionally and allowing myself to move at my own pace. Last week when I was sick I accomplished very little, I didn’t have the energy or motivation even to do things I really liked and my walks were…

I’m feeling much better now and had a wonderful weekend, spending a lot of it outdoors, despite the rainy weather. Javi and I met Michele and Julie in Martinez on Saturday morning for a walk around the waterfront, catching up on what’s been going on in our lives. I really miss regular walks with Michele,…

I haven’t posted in almost a week. On Saturday morning I took the ferry to my meeting in the city – there were a couple of very excited kids checking out the sights. By the time my meeting ended that afternoon and I waited for the ferry back to Larkspur I was starting to feel…