Today’s Gratitude Journal Entries: My morning coffee and journal time I stopped at the store to pick up carrots. I only had two dollars cash with me, and I hoped that the 1 pound bag of carrots were on sale since they’re usually more than $2. To my delight the 2 pound bag was on…

Delightful things I’ve seen on my wanders the last few days: A whole bunch of snails! I went for a walk with a friend on the Benicia waterfront trail after it had been raining, and it must’ve been the time for the snails to go walking as well. We couldn’t get over how many there…

I’ve spent most of this week housesitting for a friend in Benicia. It’s been a perfect place to enjoy the sunny weather that we’ve had, I have a beautiful view of the Carquinez Strait, it’s a lovely spot especially for enjoying sunrises and sunsets. I’ve been reading, writing, collaging, going for walks around the neighborhood…

Even though I love to go camping, it was a nice treat to stay in a hotel last night, especially waking up to a rainy morning. I felt very grateful to be able to get dressed in a dry, warm place, where I could actually stand up when I put my clothes on! I decided…

On Saturday morning the rain was down to a light drizzle when I broke camp hurriedly folding all the wet stuff up together and throwing it in the back of my Subaru. Thank goodness for the heavy duty rubber liner in the back! I headed down to Del Mar where the Tiny House Fest was…

I headed out on Thursday on a road trip down to the Tiny House Fest in Del Mar. My first stop was at Philz to get a coffee – I got on the road very early in order to miss the incoming storm. At Philz there were a couple of guys wearing shorts and ordering…

When I was working full-time my morning walks were something I always enjoyed, but they were also one more thing that I needed to get done in order to move on to the rest of my day. The walks were mandatory for me because I knew how important they were for my physical, mental and…

One of the things I am trying to do is spend less time on distractions that I don’t actually enjoy, especially being conscious of how often I pull out my phone when I’m feeling bored or anxious. So I’m trying to stop myself when I do pull out my phone and check and see if…

It has been a chilly week, I think this is the coldest, rainiest and snowiest winter that we’ve had in the Bay Area in a long, long time. I’ve been getting out for a couple of walks a day, the first one in the morning is always very cold, but also a refreshing way to…

On Saturday, we continued our quest to traverse the Bay Area Ridge Trail. Because it had been raining a lot we decided to do a paved part of the trail, this time down in San Jose along the Coyote Creek trail portion. We were only supposed to walk a little over 9 miles, but it…