Got out for a bike ride today to the store and one of my favorite local free little libraries that has a lovely seating area. I found a book on biking the North island in New Zealand written in the early 80s, and one about a guy who quit his job and spent a year…

Awesome hike on the Bay Area Ridge Trail from Tennessee Valley to the Golden Gate Bridge with my fellow trail goddesses, Gabriela and Julie. It’s been 6 weeks since we’ve been able to hike together and it was wonderful to catch up and enjoy being out on a cool foggy day. The bridge was elusive…

Spent a wonderful day hanging out with Emmy and Winston. Winston got some new toys to play with and was very happy. He cracks me up! Emmy and I got out for a walk to the Markham Nature Preserve, then had some delicious sushi and did a Trader Joe’s run, the pumpkin items were out…

The light coming through my window this morning was so beautiful, glad I had time to just sit and enjoy it. Later, I hiked up to the Miwok Trail behind my mom’s house, cool in the forest on the way up but very warm on the exposed, sunny trail. Saw a banana slug, lots of…

I’m on my morning walk, I can tell the school year has started -lots of kids headed to school – some on their own, most on e-bikes a few on regular bikes. It’s a relatively brisk morning, 53° and of course most of the boys are in T-shirt and shorts. Just like when my son…

Today was a Free Little Library day, I drove and walked around the neighborhood we lived and worked in over 25 years ago. The streets I pushed the stroller down, the library where we went to story time, the coffee shop with a kids play area, my office. I still can’t believe it’s been that…

I spent the last couple of days getting myself re-situated at mom‘s house. Got out for a couple of long walks, it’s been nice to not have to use my car. It’s also been wonderful not having any kind of specific timeline or places I need to be. After a long walk through the neighborhood…

I slept so well last night, back in my own bed, having spent the evening catching up with my mom. I got up early because it was family day at my son Kieran’s company, Holt. I treated myself to a Philz coffee on my way-I missed drinking Philz during my trip! It was great to…

The train was a half an hour late, while we were waiting I struck up a conversation with a fellow passenger who was taking the train to Reno for his daughters wedding in Tahoe. Luckily the weather was very mild so I was comfortable in my shorts and Teva‘s. The train arrived and I was…

On my final morning walk in Park City I saw a deer family running by, heard and then saw a huge flock of birds, and later a beautiful sunrise.  After a gorgeous drive to Provo, I spent the afternoon mostly walking around BYU – loved strolling the border of campus on a shady path next…