A few days before we left Moraga (our delightful semi-rural San Francisco East Bay town), a neighbor caught sight of my 2009 Honda Civic and joked, “You’re not taking that thing, are you?” I would not be driving it south, Dave would tow it behind the U-Haul, but you make do with what you have, … Continue reading My Freeway Angel
Category: Gratitude
Lime Lessons
We’ve all heard the sentiment: When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. We have a key lime tree on our deck, potted in a retired Napa Valley wine barrel, & we enjoy her bounty in sparkling water & salad dressings, marinades & other sauces. We don’t pick her fruit, however. She freely offers it to … Continue reading Lime Lessons
A Ladybug Migration
Have you ever noticed that you tend to see one ladybug at a time? It will land on you, or near you, and you might put out a finger to let it crawl on you for a while before kindly depositing it on a plant. Recently, I witnessed a ladybug migration. I went outside for … Continue reading A Ladybug Migration
Sharing Cookies & Legacy
My son bought me a gingerbread man. While that may not seem like a big deal to you, for me it represents a generous role-reversal. For close to 20 years, my family joined my mom and nephew for one summer week along the Monterey Bay in what we called our “Cation House.” Because Mom and … Continue reading Sharing Cookies & Legacy
Sharing Stories Only You Can Tell
My mom died on February 4, 2023. Though she’d been declining over the past three years, when she left us it felt like a devastating earthquake, complete with aftershocks. Six weeks later, my sister organized a gathering Mom would have enjoyed: a garden party and lunch with her inner circle of dear friends. She arranged … Continue reading Sharing Stories Only You Can Tell
This Week’s Skies…
Look, up at the sky. There is a light, a beauty up there, that no shadow can touch. - TolkienOnly from the heart can you touch the sky. - Rumi Last week was so blazing hot that I hid indoors as much as possible. With this week’s cooler temps, I found my way back outdoors. … Continue reading This Week’s Skies…
You don’t have to guess… You are Loved!
True love isn't a competition, & still God loves us more.
The Welcoming Prayer
As New Year’s Day 2020 dawned, many expected a year of clear vision. We could clearly see our priorities and accordingly set attainable goals, perhaps in an ambitious list of 20, like walking 20 minutes a day. And then the world toppled sideways. Our intentions for how we’d conduct “normal” life fell out the window … Continue reading The Welcoming Prayer
Finding Peace Outside
Recently I have been wrestling with a deep (and unnecessary) disappointment, a let-down that pressed hard on still-tender tissue beneath old scars. Things didn’t have to go this way, and yet they did and I’ve done all I can do. I have also noticed something interesting in my response to this turn of events: I … Continue reading Finding Peace Outside
January in California
I am enamored with January in California. While friends around the world share pictures of snow or, much worse, inflamed cheeks frosted with icy eyelashes, here “green” has become a verb. We watch, newly astonished, at the greening of our once crisp straw hills. Once dead lawns resurrect themselves, springing to life with tender green … Continue reading January in California