Safeguarding Gaudi’s Fanciful Park

Güell Park in Barcelona has an entrance fee! Although it caught me by surprise last week, the charge has been Continue reading →

Thoughts on Thigmotaxis

While boating around Elk Horn Slough last spring we saw a pile of sea lions sleeping on the water’s edge. Continue reading →

When Life Demands a Plan B

The Wall Street Journal recently published an article by Glenn Ruffenbach called, “The Right Time to Move Into a CCRC.” Continue reading →

“Talk to Me of Mendocino”

Shrouded in fog on the north California coast, Mendocino still carries the mystique of Kate McGarrigle’s song.  Its houses and Continue reading →

Communal Living Six Months Later

  Actually, it’s a little more than six months since our move in September. A good time to reflect on Continue reading →

Putting Age in Its Place

“Ah, but I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now.” Writing In 1964, Bob Dylan’s lyric is Continue reading →

Summer Reading : Fiction

  When you read a good book, do you look up the author? Contemporary authors often have an interesting personal Continue reading →

Seeing Red

“Hunt for Red October,” “Red, Red Wine,” “Mask of the Red Death”. . . even the word RED has an Continue reading →