Rainy day today, so it was heavenly to come home from work and read in front of the fire for a while. I’m reading a book called Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton, a New Zealand author who won the Booker prize for her second book, The Luminaries, which I read when I was in New Zealand last…

Today was back to work, which reminded me of why I missed celebrating Boxing Day. You shouldn’t have to go to work the day after Christmas. Luckily, I had plenty to keep me busy and the day went quickly. I also got out for a walk and saw bushes that were absolutely laden down with…

We had a wonderful, wonderful Christmas day. Ended up with 20 people at the house to celebrate the day together, such a treat. After opening all the goodies in our stockings we had our traditional Christmas lunch/dinner of pizza and salad then moved onto opening Christmas presents with Emmy and Alea taking on their usual…

It was really foggy this morning, which made for some beautiful views of the sun coming through the fog and tree branches. I hiked the Rhubarb trail, there weren’t as many people with dogs, but there were quite a few families which was unusual for early Sunday morning. I think parents were trying to get…

“Sometimes we just need to let go of who we have been.” I read this quote the other day and thought ‘That’s what I’ve been doing, though I haven’t yet figured out who I am becoming now.’ I have been trying to get in touch more deeply with my emotions and my feelings. It’s easier…

Sights I have seen over the last week:  The Christmas star on top of a tree in the neighborhood. This star has been here for literally decades, at least since I was a little kid, maybe even before that time. It’s one of the things I look forward to seeing during the holiday season.  A…

It has been a great weekend. On Friday night mom and I watched National Velvet, which I had never seen before. It’s no wonder everybody was blown away by Elizabeth Taylor. She was 12 years old, or maybe even 11, when she made the movie, and she is just incredible. My favorite character is actually…

It’s been a busy week. I have been house and dog sitting for my sister in San Francisco, so spending my evenings there and then going to work in San Rafael pretty much every other day and then working from my sister’s place in between. We had second interviews for the permanent Executive Director position…

It is amazing how much I put off getting started on things that I am interested in doing, but have never tried before. I found all kinds of ways on Saturday morning to avoid starting the collaging work that I wanted to do. I had set my up supplies and got my workspace ready on…

It’s been a week since I posted, I meant to at least post at the end of last weekend knowing I probably wouldn’t do it during the week. It was an up-and-down weekend. On Saturday had a great afternoon, catching up with a friend in downtown Mill Valley. On my walk there I passed a…