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A Walking Day in San Francisco
San Francisco is a mad city – inhabited for the most part by perfectly insane people whose women are of a remarkable beauty. ~ Rudyard Kipling A Walking Day in San Francisco I know my time living in San Francisco … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, be happy, burmese food, california, golden gate bridge, happiness, happy, life, north-america, presidio, san francisco, travel, usa, walking
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Three Questions, February 8, 2025
Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s party!‘ ~ Robin Williams Three Questions, February 8, 2025 You can find the background to The Three Questions in my recent post about it. I’ll be answering the questions each day for the … Continue reading
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Tagged be happy, california, flowers, happiness, happy, life, positivity, spring
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Happiness Moments: Help I’m Drowning
Happiness Moments: Help I’m Drowning Everyone smiles in the same language. ~ Author Unknown So a little writing experiment for the blog. I’ve been wanting to find a way to do some free writing as practice. And I’ve been wanting … Continue reading
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Tagged california, drinking, happiness, Happiness Moments, rafting, river, tubing, writing
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My Annual Thanksgiving Day Hike – 2020
My Annual Thanksgiving Day Hike – 2020 There are some good things to be said about walking. Not many, but some. Walking takes longer, for example, than any other known form of locomotion except crawling. Thus it stretches time and … Continue reading
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Tagged baker beach, california, hike, ocean, san francisco, thanksgiving, tradition, walk
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Happiness & Laughing
Happiness & Laughing At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities. – Jean Houston Everyone smiles in the same language. – Author Unknown Originally posted May, 2013 At one point while first living in … Continue reading
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Tagged california, fun, funny, german, happiness, inspiration, laughing, life, rafting
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My COVID Times Diary – A day in the life
My COVID Times Diary – A day in the life We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation doesn’t liberate it oppresses. ~ Carl Jung So as I said in the first COVID Times Diary post that I did, … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Covid Times
Tagged apocalypse, california, coronavirus, covid times, day in the life, diary, wildfires
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Hiking Happiness: Bear Creek Redwoods
Hiking Happiness: Bear Creek Redwoods Look deeper into nature, you’ll understand everything better ~ Albert Einstein Originally published July, 2019 So I have a friend who is visiting family back east and she left me with a couple of challenges … Continue reading
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Tagged bay area, bear creek redwoods, california, hike, hiking, redwoods
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Whale Tails and Happiness
Whale Tails and Happiness The whales do not sing because they have an answer, they sing because they have a song. ~ Gregory Colbert I’m lucky that in my job during the Summer we work four days a week, ten … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, be happy, california, happiness, happy, humpback whales, ocean, whale watching, whales
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Welcome to my new tinier life
Welcome to my new tinier life There is only one day left, always starting over; it starts at dawn and is taken away from us at dusk. ~ Jean-Paul Satre Vacation is Over Vacation is over, I’m writing this post … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, california, happiness, mexico, morocco, oaxaca, san francisco, scotland, spain, travel
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A Virtual Guide to the Calaveras Redwood North Grove Hike
A Virtual Guide to the Calaveras Redwood North Grove Hike Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. … Continue reading