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Notes from Home: Lessons, Love & Looking Back
Seven years ago today, I set out on an adventure that I had no way of knowing would still be going strong. On January 2, 2016, after months of exploring an idea that had stubbornly planted itself inside my entire being, I pressed publish and began sharing a deeply important part of my life with … Read More
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Notes from Home: Grounded and Grateful
“This, too, will pass.” ~Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth A couple of weeks ago, Herb and I returned from an always-wonderful visit with our Bay Area grandchildren, topped off with an overnight stay in a lighthouse to celebrate anniversary #43 and fulfill one of my little travel dreams. We’d only been home a day or … Read More
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Spending the Night in a Lighthouse: Sweet Dreams Over San Francisco Bay
“I can think of no other edifice constructed by man as altruistic as a lighthouse. They were built only to serve.” ~George Bernard Shaw The narrow road to Point San Pablo Harbor winds its way through a small forest of gnarled trees, the fallen brown leaves of late October scattered along the drive. We pass … Read More
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