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Breathing life into a new story
If you’re staring out to sea, you might miss the harbor seals hauling out on the island. They blend in, until your eyes adjust. They’re wary, until and unless you approach their habitat with a quiet...
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The sweet rewards of an insatiable curiosity
It is possible, I suppose that sometime we will learn everything there is to learn: what the world is, for example, and what it means. —Mary Oliver I share Mary Oliver’s delight in exploring the...
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Wishing you the merriest, whatever that means to you
It’s true, what they told us when we were little: Time passes ever more quickly as we get older. One holiday blurs into another, and before you know it, we’re turning the calendar page on another...
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Happy New Year 2020
We meditated by the water’s edge, saying goodbye to 2019 and inviting goodness and light into the New Year. We wrote our intentions in the sand with driftwood and allowed the incoming waves to wash...
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The magic you can’t quite see
No matter how vast and dark the world might seem, there’s always a tiny glimmer of hope. Sometimes you just have to look a little harder, that’s all. And believe in the magic you can’t quite see....
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Be Like Freckles
On this idyllic afternoon, our friend Freckles was lounging on Treasure Island–flanked, as usual, by his harem and seal pups of all ages. Easy living for his pinniped pod. Until, that is, the tides...
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The optimism of our Founders
It may be midnight in Washington, but the sun will rise again. I put my faith in the optimism of our Founders. You should too. —Congressman Adam Schiff Like Congressman Schiff, I believe in my heart...
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The welcome respite of rain
Rain’s in the forecast every day this week, spilling over into the next! No big deal in most parts of the country, but it’s a blessing for SoCal residents because it tamps down fears of another...
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TINY BIRD: A Hummingbird’s Amazing Journey
The typical ruby-throated hummingbird is about three inches long. He weighs as much as a penny. That this tiny creature somehow manages a 1,500-mile sprint– in the span of twenty-plus hours, mind...
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The Badlands
Over the holiday weekend, we explored Badlands Park–an easy hike that follows the coastline above Laguna. Hard to image that these sandstone bluffs were, at one time, a stretch of sandy beach. Why do...
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