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The warmer weather is here so put on your sunscreen and hit the trails, parks, or back patio with family and friends. This morning with a 'honey do" list a mile long I decided to let it go and take a walk with the family to the local park.

The weekend baseball games were underway and it was only a moment before we saw familiar faces. One family, with a father away on business, was cheering on their son who seemed to notice dad wasn't in the stands. It only took a nudge and my…

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I love this time of year – it’s another transition in the season; we’ve changed the clocks and now Mother Nature is winding her weather watch and calibrating the seasons. A few sprinkles will…

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The New Year brings more than resolutions about dieting (it’s hard to cut down on the nuts and sweets), it brings new adventures. The December rains get the waterways flowing and that means the salmon can make their way to spawn. We set out today for “Salmon Sunday” in hopes to spot a few jumping at the local fish ladders. While recent years have shown a decrease in salmon populations our hope is that 2010 will shower down and fill the streams and estuaries to help the salmon population grow… Continue

Sometimes what we’re looking for is at the end of our nose, right in front of us, or right outside our front door. So the saying goes.



I travel to New York more than a few times a year and, no matter what the occasion; I always take a stroll through Central Park. It amazes me: lush, natural, an island in a sea of sidewalks and skyscrapers; it is the perfect setting from movies to marriages. Even with mountains just beyond my front door in Marin I always think how lucky New Yorkers… Continue

…Of shoes, socks, snacks, sunscreen. Of lunches, backpacks, cleats, and …snacks. Of classes, schedules and …play dates. Of work meetings, parent-teacher meetings, PTA meetings …and doctor’s appointments. Of shopping lists, my “to do” lists, his “honey-do” lists, and …school supplies. Of friends nearby, of friends moved away, and classmates …just seeming different. Of the high points, of the low points, of the transitions life just brings. Keep track of these moments because that’s just what you… Continue