The only pleasure in redecorating or moving house comes from stumbling across books that I’d almost forgotten I owned. John Burnside Moving can be totally overwhelming, especially when you are moving all your worldly belongings from a house double the size, and there are three moving vans waiting to deliver them all, and it is…
October 30: Sunsets from SLO
Nature’s beauty is a gift that cultivates appreciation and gratitude. Louie Schwartzberg It is difficult not to have appreciation and gratitude when this is your sunset most nights! I love getting Nic’s pics from SLO, what a beautiful place to call home for four years. I am grateful that we are able to send her…
October 29: Leaf dump
Once something has outlived its usefulness in one area of life, its purpose for being in existence is no longer the same. The leaf that captures a stream of sunlight, and then transfers its energy to the tree, serves one purpose in the spring and summer, and another completely different one through the fall and…
October 28: Pacific Ocean experience this time
I was thinking recently, I’ve always loved the ocean. If I could do it all again, I might do an oceanography degree. You can do ocean archaeology, and I thought that might be fascinating to do – man-made structures, where the sea has risen above the structures. Theo James First of all, technology is amazing…don’t…
October 26: Surprise package in the mail
Each day holds a surprise. But only if we expect it can we see, hear, or feel it when it comes to us. Let’s not be afraid to receive each day’s surprise, whether it comes to us as sorrow or as joy It will open a new place in our hearts, a place where we…