Bucket List Series: Write it down!

Bucket List Series: Write it down!

I love this; sitting by the window and working. I love looking outside at the street; life is going on and I am part of it, without really being part of it. People are crossing the street, children are leaving school and boy they are loud, but makes me smile. Buses...
Orpheum and Tonic

Orpheum and Tonic

          11:32 pm! My daughter is texting, checking on me. How did I get so lucky? My friend asked if I would use her ticket to see Phantom of the Opera? Of course, I replied. I just moved to San Francisco few weeks ago, and literally dropped...
My New Year’s Resolutions!

My New Year’s Resolutions!

Here we go again. “Again?” I make this New Year’s Resolutions list every year. Heck, almost 10 times a year and I notice that same items keep on showing up over and over:  lose weight, establish healthy habits, exercise more, sleep more, be more productive, make...
Bucket list series: What are your WHYs

Bucket list series: What are your WHYs

I’ve always had written goals, wants and needs. Not achieved them all, mind you, but it feels good to me to have a list. But recently, I’ve noticed that I had lost my sense of urgency in doing what I need to do to reach my goals. This morning however, when I woke up...
The Yellow Rose

The Yellow Rose

Once a year, I take refuge somewhere where I can be quiet for a few days .. Two years ago, I went to stay at my friend’s place in Santa Cruz, right on the beach. I woke up in the morning and went for a walk by the ocean. It was beautiful everywhere. Water, sand, sun,...