On Saturday I got to have a quiet morning hanging out with Annemarie and then we met up with my sister Lisa, for lunch, at Restoration Hardware of all places! There’s a large store in one of the malls in Corte Madera with a restaurant on the third floor. It’s high enough up that you…

I found a map to all of the painted fire hydrants around Arcata, so spent an enjoyable hour wandering around checking them out. They are all different and so much fun!  I also saw some awesome metal sculptures and paintings on my morning wander. spent the morning on a couple of webinars, one was an…

Today Annemarie and I took Scenic Road from Moonstone Beach to Trinidad. It’s a short but beautiful drive, if a bit harrowing at times. Much of the road is one lane and unpaved. In several spots you can see where there have been slips from the hillside above and the road randomly rises and falls,…

On Sunday, I took the first part of a two-part nature collaging class at the Marin Museum of Contemporary Art. I was really excited to try this out as it’s the intersection of two things that I really enjoy – natural materials and collaging. I also had never taken a in-person collaging class, I’d watched…

I got out for a couple of morning walks while I was in LA. Downtown areas are not my favorite place to go walking, but early in the morning it wasn’t too noisy, especially on Saturday, and there was a Philz Coffee nearby so I treated myself to a Philtered Soul (creamy with just a…

I can see so clearly that when my focus for the day is getting things done, the more I get done or the faster I do it means I’m doing well and that it is a good day. It also means the opposite is true, that if I don’t get much done or it takes…

I have been struggling this week with motivation, feeling lost and unsure about what’s next. I took some time to sit quietly in the morning and it helped me feel a bit calmer. These things also helped me feel renewed: Hanging my laundry out to dry on a warm day Working with Mom to plant…

I was up early again on Monday morning, my hiking buddy Julie and I took a day trip to Pinnacles National Park. We were on the road by 5:15 to try to miss traffic and ensure we could get parking. We did hit a little bit of traffic, but had no problem finding parking at…

I had a weekend that was a combination of time outdoors, walking, hiking, and volunteering, and time indoors, one day very social at the CCCBA gala and one day very antisocial, just hanging out with Winston.  On Friday morning, I took my morning walk through the Markham Nature Preserve and enjoying everything in spring bloom,…

I’ve changed residences again, this time spending a week in Concord house and dog sitting for Emmy while she and Annemarie are in London. I dropped them off at the airport and went back to Mill Valley for a program at the library about world travel. It was an interesting lecture by a man in…