So you discovered in Part 1 that we had many choices and plans to put into place to either get us up and running or closing shop and moving to Dornoch, Scotland. This was a situation where I really needed to walk my talk and do two (at least) of my steps in The Art […]
Home Alone – Parents in Paris
Leaving teenagers home alone while you, their parents, go to Paris is truly an act of courage and trust. My husband and I decided to go to Paris in January of my eldest daughter’s senior year in high school. It was truly a “cheap” tour in so many ways and Clark had never been to […]
Driving with a Permit – Everyone is out of Town
You are sixteen, driving with a permit and everyone is out of town. How did this happen? It was the Fall of my daughter’s junior year in high school. She had taken the written driving course and was working through the driving portion before taking her test when disaster struck My husband had had back […]
Birds in the Garden – A Mixed Blessing
I love birds in my gardens, don’t you? I have cultivated having different types of birds through the flowers I plant, the bird feeders I hang, and the trees that are in the orchard. At our home in Orinda, we had planted flowers for our hummingbirds, which often spent the day outside my office window. […]
Rain and Lightning – Decision: When Do You Call It a Day?
When there is rain and lightning, how do you make the decision to call it a day? There is something missing in Northern California – rain and lightning. I know that we are in a drought and that rain usually only happens in quantity in the winter, and I miss the summer storms of the […]
