Peaceful, Calm Life

Tonight, I was an invited guest at a local “Dinner on the farm” to be shared in a beautiful old barn with about a hundred other local people, many of them familiar faces, some closer friends, and some that became great new acquaintances on the spot. Waiting for the cooks to finish up assembling the […]

So here we are: already on the other side of the midyear mark and the summer unfolds its golds, ochres  and tans all over the hills in beautiful Marin County… I realized a few days ago that I had let June go without posting anything and that July was on its way out  ! Time

I was driving along the Bolinas lagoon this afternoon, with my window open and rather not focused on the scenery,  simply watching the road and lost in thought, when my nostrils were at once assaulted by the fabulous anise smell of wild fennel growing thick and fuzzy along the black top… The smell was so

Wow… I know memory is a tricky thing, but I really don’t remember being so late to start working in my garden ! Actually, I think I was not completely aware of it when this Spring season sprang…  I have kept myself so darn busy, I ran through the whole miracle of the yearly rebirth

Ah…! Here we are again: the quintessential Hallmark date… Coming up and fast: Valentine’s Day! I can tell many of us have mixed feelings about this… On one hand, it’s a cool thing to celebrate Love and Romance, mating, and all that encompasses sharing dreams and pleasures, from companionship to hot dates. Sure. Who doesn’t

Visions, words and intentions have been put forth continuously and deliberately and honed, refined, sharpened with every passing day… Slowly but surely, out of the blue, what has become The Blissful Gallery emerged and took form, getting more substantial and real… In August 2011, I described my concept to my new friend Patricia Corrigan, talented

So here I am, in the seemingly endless chain of tasks to accomplish before opening my very own Blissful Gallery.  In a few weeks, the place will be bright and inviting, open for business, all set up and pretty: this is the finish line… before it can begin. Or is it?  Depending on my perspective

So once again the year is coming to an end, the days have shortened, leaves have fallen and Thanksgiving is around the corner… It has been a great year so far, in my book. Great in that it was full, intense, purposeful and connected. Full: oh boy… was it, ever ! And I’m not done

Today I went for a walk on the beach ! I know, it seems like a simple ordinary thing, right ? Well, not for me. Since I broke my knee in 2010, I did not go walk on the beach here, at all. I went and walked on a couple of far away shores, and