Month: February 2023

North Country

A couple weekends ago we explored Sonoma County, scoping it out as a possible place to relocate. Unfortunately, it’s further from Chico than where I am now, and that upsets little Em. It’s also pretty damned expensive. But we’ll see. And last week Molly, Ember and I headed north again for two nights, and visited the ocean during a break in the rain. Lots of pretty country around. I know there are some fabulous people […]

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The Bright Side of Life

I feel petty writing about my own small life when so many are thrashing through profound hardship. The world is full of woe, with new horrors every day. Just among my closest friends there’s: Just realize that, though my site’s tagline is “It’s all about me,” I’ve never for a second believed that, and underlying my self-absorbed posts is profound sadness about the plights of others, and not just my own. But I’ll keep going […]

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