Today I acted as chauffeur for a friend of my sisters who was turning 50. I drove a 15 passenger filled with very happy women to wineries in Healdsburg. Listening to them talk excitedly with each other, music blaring reminded me of driving our blue, full-size van in high school with all my friends piled…

Highlights from the last couple of days: Hearing a country version of Purple Rain in the grocery store – it wasn’t half bad. Finished reading House of Gucci – crazy rich people are crazy! Watched A Fish Called Wanda – overall it was as funny as I remembered.  Was given a huge zucchini and delicious,…

I explored around Santa Rosa today, using my usual Free Little Library method of checking out neighborhoods. I got to one area that had a lot of lovely new homes, though they didn’t look like they were all built by the same company which is unusual in new housing developments, and they all had quite…

Today I went to an exhibit about the history of Marin City, how it came to be and evolved over the first 20 years of its existence. 2022 is the 80th anniversary of the start of Marin City, beginning as a housing development for workers in the Marinship facilities during World War II. While I…

It was chilly and grey this morning -fall is definitely on the way. When I took the dogs to the dog park I noticed several dandelions in the grass, just calling out to be picked and blown.  I haven’t done that in years – it made the morning much brighter!  Later in the afternoon I stopped…

Today I went on a cheesemaking tour and tasting at Bohemian Creamery in Sebastopol. I am so impressed with the multitude of different and scrumptious cheeses that this little creamery makes. They put in all kinds of interesting additives to the cheeses and in the brining process – one had coffee, another seaweed and a…

I haven’t blogged much this week because I haven’t done a whole lot. I’ve been house and dog sitting for a friend and just having a quiet week hanging out with the dogs, going for walks, reading and journaling. It’s been nice to have unconstructive time. I put some pictures below showing a bit of…

I took the dogs out for a nice long play at the local dog park, it was great to be out on a cool refreshing morning.  Later in the day I drove to Sebastopol to have a look around and found many very creative little free libraries, as well as cute old houses, glorious cottage…

Had a very slow start to the day, I didn’t sleep well last night, probably because I had some coffee in the afternoon, so I was glad I didn’t have to be anywhere early. I steam cleaned the carpet in mom‘s hallway – what a difference it makes! I am going to be dog and…

This morning Javi and I went for a walk to explore the neighborhood, check out local free little libraries and get coffee. It was very foggy, especially on top of Bernal Hill and we saw a coyote on our way back home!  I went to see an outstanding documentary film about women Taiko drummers called…