These sea turtles and starfish are constant reminders of past visits to the beach. About 9 years ago, I began buying artwork that reminded me of the ocean. It had been over a year since our family had been able to visit our favorite beach (Stinson Beach in Marin County, just north of San Francisco),…
When was the last time you noticed these amazing works of art in the sky? One of my earliest memories involved looking at CLOUDS. I was standing in the small backyard behind our 2-story flat on Dolores Street in San Francisco, staring at the sky. I was sure that if I could actually TOUCH those…
Seeing patterns is easy … once you get used to noticing them. “The world is a confusing and turbulent place, but we make sense of it by finding order,” says Philip Ball, author of Patterns in Nature: Why the Natural World Looks the Way It Does. “We notice the regular cycles of day and night,…
Walking is one of the best forms of exercise you can do. It’s fun, too! How often do you walk? I don’t mean walking to the mailbox in front of your house or up the stairs to your bedroom. I mean taking walks through your neighborhood or in a local park – walks you take…
This post focuses on something most of us, I’m sure, take for granted. TREES. I think I first “fell in love with” trees during one of my family’s many visits to Muir Woods in Marin County – just north of San Francisco. To get there, we first had to cross the Golden Gate Bridge, then…