“Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind.” Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart This year, I have found it harder and harder to motivate myself to get up and go in the mornings. Not that I am not functional, but that I feel I have lost some of the joy.…
April 21: Meet Yasha (aka Yazz)
“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats” – Albert Schweitzer The best example of a foster fail – Yasha, aka Yazz, Yazzy, Yazzmatazz, or just Tripod. He is the cutest, happiest, little three-legged kitty. I was just taking him for a couple of weeks till he felt better…
April 20: Wildflower explosion
“With the coming of spring, I am calm again.” Gustav Mahler The darkness and emptiness of winter is lifted by the brightness of spring that somehow brings calm and eases anxiety. The winter rains in California seemed to go on forever, but they were so worth it – filling up the groundwater and creating a…