Yesterday morning, as Bo and I took off for our hike up the hill, I saw a little darkish ball of something on the sidewalk in front of the house. I got closer – not letting Bo get to it – and saw that it was a little bird (I looked it up online and think it was a... 
I’ve been waking these days somewhere between 3 and 4am. It seems that all this menopausal body can sleep right now is about 5 or 6 hours. I stay in bed and rest – not one for getting up to read. I figure that if I’m at least resting my body... 
A week ago this morning, at 1:30 am, a huge limb from our ancient coast live oak tree (they say it could be anywhere from 150-300 years old) fell on our house, kicking off a chain of events that nearly completely took over my psyche. This tree is 8 feet in diameter,... 
The evening sun on these roses pulled my car over to the side of the street. Good thing there were empty spaces at the curb at St Raphael’s Church in San Rafael! After a brief thought about my impulsiveness, I hopped out and took a bunch of photos. One of them... 
Bud was my husband Joe’s dog. He was nine when we met – the first dog in my life. I took the photo I painted from on a regular walk up the hill by our Petaluma house. It was a blazingly bright March morning. Afew weeks later Bud developed arthritis and... 