New masks made with love
A truly wonderful package arrived in the mail and brought us such joy! It contained these beautiful masks, handmade by Mama’s childhood bestie, who I call More Diane, along with […]
Our neighbor’s duck eggs
Our awesome neighbors left a carton of fresh eggs from their ducks on our doorstep! These huge fresh eggs are so delicious! Many thanks to our thoughtful and generous neighbors! […]
Special coffees and clean-ups
As if a hair appointment wasn’t already awesome, we now like to enhance the trip downtown with a cup of Brûlée coffee from a lovely cafe several doors down from […]
Pre-surgery fun
I’m having surgery in the morning, and I’ve been consumed with getting everything ready before I’m out of commission. But I decided it was also important to have a bit […]
New Years cut and a cupcake
After decades of having long hair, it feels fantastic to rock a pixie cut. I originally chopped it all off a few years ago; gradually going shorter over time. Today I […]
Brûlée coffee and a cut
My new favorite tradition is to treat myself to a caramel brûlée latte when I go downtown to get my hair cut. The staff at Crooks Coffee are always so […]
Overjoyed to be home
We are immensely grateful to our friends in Sacramento for their kindness and hospitality these last several days following our evacuation late Sunday night. We’re back home in Santa Rosa […]
Our awesome host with the most!
With mandatory evacuations just a couple blocks from our home, we couldn’t take the stress of it all—or all the smoke in the air—and we left to stay with a […]
Safely in Sacramento
We spent the weekend refreshing the emergency map, watching weather conditions, and checking in with neighbors. Early Sunday morning, the mandatory evacuations were expanded to just two big blocks away […]
Neighbors looking out
About 90-thousand people have been evacuated from Sonoma County due to a wildfire. And thousands more are without power. As the evacuation warning edges closer to our home, neighbors on […]
