Here’s one picture a day from this week that brought me delight. The grey dawn just after the rain on Monday Pussy willows starting to bloom as seen on my lunchtime walk on Tuesday Tulips bursting to life on the kitchen table on Wednesday A full rushing creek on my mid day walk on Thursday…

This weekend was just what I wanted and needed, there was almost nothing that I had to do so I had plenty of time to spend doing what I wanted to do. On Saturday morning, got to catch up with a friend that I haven’t seen in over a year. She also picked my brain…

The week ended well. I had a quiet evening on Thursday, preparing for the board retreat on Friday. After dinner, I put had a fire in the living room and reviewed my notes for the presentations I was doing for the retreat, then did some yoga and read my book. I’ve been doing about 10…

I see myself expecting perfection in myself as I do the handoff of the ED role. Feeling like I should be able to answer any question and know everything, even though I haven’t been involved with the organization very long and there isn’t a lot of historical information written down. I’m expecting myself to be…

We enjoyed one last wonderful morning at Sea Ranch. Javi and I got out for a walk to watch the sunrise and saw a few seals hanging out on the beach. It was hard to say goodbye to everybody, I always leave sisters weekend wishing we had a few more days. I really think we…

The weather was much better today so we spent a lot of time walking on the bluffs above the ocean. We saw sea lions enjoying the sunshine, a sea urchin shell and gorgeous afternoon light filtering through the trees. I read a lot, finishing We Were the Lucky Ones (what an incredible true story!) and starting the phone…

I slept in until about 615 on Saturday morning, but was still the first one up. It wasn’t until about 730 that anybody came out and joined me on the living room couch where I had been perched, enjoying my coffee and watching the day lighten up.  It rained all day. In the morning Michelle,…

This weekend is sister’s weekend, an annual tradition I’ve had with my sisters for at least the last 15 years. We go away together usually over MLK Jr weekend. Most of the time we pick a beach destination, originally on the central coast when Michelle lived in Southern California. Now that we are all living…

I haven’t posted all week, haven’t even had the time to think about posting. The new Executive Director started on Monday and it has been full on training her up and dealing with all the busyness of the start of a new year and the many big events coming up in the next month. I…

On Sunday morning I did more collage art then went for a hike up to the Miwok trail. On the way up in the shade I saw some different kinds of mushrooms (the turkey tail mushrooms were gorgeous!) and a long banana slug. Once I got to the top it felt really good to feel…