The sun is about to set behind the cliff. Due west is to my right, the ocean in front of me, I'm in an odd curve of the bay where the su...

I was living in Indiana from '85 to '95. During that time period, California was experiencing drought where my daughter lived. My ...

Around here it's called a Poor Man's Orchid. I've seen it also been referred to as Australian Fairy Iris. I like that! More co...

What plant safe laundry detergents and soaps should I use for  my homemade grey water system? Because of the drought, I don't want ...

Over the years I have lived many places in the United States. I grew up in Western New York... Niagara Falls, to be exact. Nasty snowstorms...

Aromas, California, earthquake country. Just had a couple good kaboom shakers a couple days ago! These pics pinpoint the exact spot. Wha...

Two more big earthquakes today in Japan , the same area as the one in March.  I am so grateful that Katsumi lives here and not back home in...

When they visit... friends and family, I take them to the redwoods up at Big Basin always driving the winding roads, the ones with...

"We are more than what we do, much more than what we accomplish, far more than what we possess." ~~~ William Arthur Ward   Grac...

Listening to Ed Kihm play his 12 string guitar brings tears to my eyes and softens the hurting places in my heart. He has magic fingers tha...

Dolphin day in monterey bay

enjoying tea, lolling in bed. what plans? fix car radio?  go for a coastal tour?  what to do?  hmm...

Re-write Life is so fleeting, and going through it without a goal was the way I lived. Then I died. Had a near death experience. It gave me...

Not all California homes are properly insulated or weather worthy, especially if they are older. This is the type of home I live in. It is a...

Living in California the majority of my life, I've felt plenty of earthquakes. The mild ones under 4.0 on the Richter scale are seldom n...

As I came out of the thrift shop I looked at the sky and had a moment of, "oh, my". I had never seen anything like that before. Ma...

I put my cat in her travel case to take her to the vet. It was nearly 100 degrees out. Even though my car has air conditioning, I worrie...

I have recently been asked for an update on the new fires in my region. We have had a very dry spring. Little rain. That makes the bushes an...

Capitola, California after the rain The fire is 70 percent contained. It helped that we had some rain and lower temperatures. So thin...

I thought by going up to San Francisco, I would escape from the worst of the smoke. But, when I came home, I discovered it was still bad e...