My friend, Bob Young, who has the public radio station, KNYO, in Ft. Bragg CA (the “Pomo Bluffs” of my Braided Dimensions fantasy novel series) has gone…… Read more “Tiny Libraries”
Category: Northern California
An Old Friend’s Visit
My oldest friend—since third grade—came to visit me for three days. I had so many thoughts of what I could show her during her stay. As these…… Read more “An Old Friend’s Visit”
New Year Storms and Writing by Hand
I missed my blog post due to a 3-day power outage this week. We’ve had trees down, rivers flooding, school closure … Nothing out of the ordinary…… Read more “New Year Storms and Writing by Hand”
Coastal Bike Ride; Controversial Mill Pond
Yesterday i rode the full Coastal Trail that’s only been open about 13 years. First, the area—all the coastline next to the town of Ft. Bragg in…… Read more “Coastal Bike Ride; Controversial Mill Pond”
Things We Don’t Always See
I visited Berkeley recently—well, on the border between Albany and Berkeley, in the East Bay of Northern California’s Bay Area. My son lives in graduate housing there,…… Read more “Things We Don’t Always See”
Ongoing Recording Saga
The experience of recording a chapter every week keeps bringing new insights and learning. I’ve now heard my first chapter aired (sorry about the bit of background…… Read more “Ongoing Recording Saga”
Gardening Week at Summer School
This week we started tidying up the school garden. We tackled one garden bed yesterday that was overgrown, dirt so heaped you couldn’t see the edges of…… Read more “Gardening Week at Summer School”
Aftermath
In December, months before the fire Burned trees on the edge of the forest. Reading about the Owens fire, I never got a sense of how much…… Read more “Aftermath”
Fire on the Coast
A week ago, I left work heading home south down Highway 1, the main coastal road of Northern California, and saw billowing smoke in a long swath…… Read more “Fire on the Coast”
More Eyes
I’ve started pulling an excerpt from my most recent writing to put into my newsletters. I search for a part that’s intriguing or splendid in some way…… Read more “More Eyes”