The Graduate

The Graduate

by | May 17, 2026 | Friends & Family

Our daughter Denali just graduated cum laude from California State University, Monterey Bay with a B.S. in Marine Sciences and a minor in Biology. College was a rite of passage and an important milestone in my life. Looking back I can say without a doubt that my...
The Scrub Jays Rule

The Scrub Jays Rule

by | May 4, 2026 | Nature

The pair of scrub jays that are currently patrolling our backyard are at the top of the pecking order and that includes the other songbirds, the marauding squirrels, our cat Ella…and us. I think scrub jays are by far one of the most beautiful birds of all, the fact...
Meditations On Green

Meditations On Green

by | Apr 26, 2026 | Meditations, Nature

green…the color of rebirth the color of the earth green is peace and quiet green is the shapes of leaves, pointy and round, sawtooth and smooth tinier than my pinkie nail and large enough to wear as a hat… green is rain life giving quenching rain that makes greeness...
Phantom Trees

Phantom Trees

by | Mar 31, 2026 | Meditations, Nature

If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it does it make a sound? If a tree is cut down in your neighborhood and no one notices that it’s gone was it ever there? Trees take up a lot of space, especially large ones like oaks or redwoods. The energy...
Hope Is A Hooded Oriole

Hope Is A Hooded Oriole

by | Mar 26, 2026 | Nature

Spring arrived in my neighborhood this morning in the form of a brilliant orange jewel. Perched at the very top of our neighbor’s towering coast redwood tree, the Hooded Oriole seemed to glow from within as it basked in the rays of the rising sun. My calendar told me...