Some highlights from my Sunday: An early morning beach walk with Otis, he did great off leash!  Finding a captivating true crime podcast, Scamanda. I highly recommend it, but make sure you have time to listen as you will get totally hooked.  Having coffee outside in the sunshine with a great book to read and…

Julie, Gabriella and I walked the lovely Presidio loop trail this morning. On our journey we found a box that contained adventure maps of the area, walked through enchanting, delicious smelling groves of eucalyptus trees, traveled past gorgeous flowers of all kinds, saw multiple beautiful views of the Golden Gate Bridge, explored a little of…

Friday was a fun, fantastic day, it reminded me of summertime when I was in middle school age. My sister Christina brought Javi over and we took him and Otis to the beach along with our nephew, Theo. Baker Beach was almost deserted – the dogs had so much fun chasing after Theo.  After getting…

I’ve been back house and pet sitting in San Francisco and have really been enjoying waking up early to journal and meditate. I can sit on the couch and look out the windows at the fog creating a soft morning as the day slowly begins to brighten. I am near Baker Beach so I can…

On Monday I got to spend time with my daughter Emmy, mainly hanging out at her house and taking Winston for a walk. I was meeting a group to go for a hike at Mission Peak that evening, so in the afternoon I headed to Fremont and found a great spot to get some work…

I got to spend a good deal of Saturday with three of my sisters – Lori, Michelle, and Christina because we went to the Tears for Fears concert at the Toyota Amphitheater in Wheatland. I have been wanting to see Tears for Fears for literally 40 years! They were one of my favorite bands in…

I went out for what I thought was going to be a short stroll through the neighborhood on Friday morning but ended up getting distracted when I found a trail that I hadn’t been on before and followed it. That’s one of the things I am really enjoying about having this flexible time in my…

I had a very social day on Thursday, it was fantastic to catch up with old friends, meet new people and spend a good deal of the day outside.  First I met a friend whose kids went to elementary school with mine. She’s in the process of transitioning into a new career, so we had…

I was listening to Kelly Corrigan’s podcast this week, and these were some of the things that struck a chord with me:  Fear of failure often comes from being judged. Instead you should have a deep protected sense of pride just for trying.  I have found this to be so true, and I love the…

Today I went to an exhibit at Heron Arts in San Francisco. The exhibition was called Biophilia, the artist, Pippa Dyrlaga, lives in rural England and she makes incredible works of art from cut paper. She uses a fibrous Japanese paper called washi. Her pieces of art are so detailed and intricate with tiny, tiny…