BERKELEY/ALBANY HOUSES
I love colorful houses…and quirky houses…and dramatic houses, as well as Victorians, provided pains were taken painting the detailing. Recently, because the Marin “thoroughfare” has been under reconstruction, when the traffic is…
JUST FLOWERS
Because the featured images that headed more than two hundred of my blog posts are currently inaccessible, I decided to create a Just Flowers montage that includes most of the flower photos that previously were viewable in my Neighborhood Gardens category.
SISTER ACT
Yesterday as Ella and I were walking up the hill in our masks, past the Normandy Village, I said, “If my books turn out to be wildly successful, let’s move into one of these apartments.” I was only half joking—because I no longer feel…
REMEMBRANCES
The other day I dusted all the books in the tall bookcase in my bedroom, as well as the top of it, where I had stacks of magazines. When I noticed that the dust seemed to be irritating my throat, I threw open both windows for ventilation, but within a few hours my...
PROMONTORY
I dreamed Earl and I walked down to the edge of a cliff, then leaned over a short railing to peer down at the surf below. The breakers were huge, like nothing we’d ever seen before. “Wow!” Earl exclaimed, awed, which pleased me—I was delighted he was enjoying himself....
KEEP ASKING…
For the last couple of monthly meditations, we’ve met in a larger room downstairs in Mandana House, since more people have started to come again. But the room smells of mildew, and people passing on the walkway outside keep sticking their heads in curiously even after...