Actually I’ll be there in three weeks for an event in Reno, NV. Where I am sure you will eventually visit, Nadiana.

Being in California is great because every weekend you can take a trip to somewhere fascinating, adventurous and thrilling.

Some examples might be;

1. Lunch in Guerneville and cocktails on the beach in Jenner. Seals, driftwood and a flowing delta.
2. Exploration of Mt. Shasta – volcanic, glacier-covered wilderness wonderland!
3. Searching for Gold along the American River ~ panning, 4×4, abandoned mines
4. Surfing many spots from S.F. to Halfmoon Bay
5. Horseback riding along the beach, overnight camping, nudists!
6. Experience Mendocino up to Humboldt ~ Stop at Crater Lake
7. Boating the Bay Area ~ by Kayak from Richmond Bay
8. Lake Tahoe ~ Alpine beauty + Skiing + Gambling!
9. Yosemite through to Mammouth Hot Springs!!!!!!! nothing better in life!

I lived along G.G. Park for nearly 10 years. I spent ten years walking, riding and exploring every inch of that park and never had enough.

Nadiana, you are moving to the best place in the U.S. It’s lively, fun, fairly friendly and totally fascinating environment. There’s tons of Culture in the city ~ including Chinese stores without a single written word of English in them and food products I had never seen before and hope to never see again. lol. jealous! I’m entirely jealous. You will love it. There are even plenty of mosques.

I’ve got to get back to my workshop. I’m working on a Frank Lloyd Wright house again, making some pieces today in the shop that will be in use, hopefully, for another 50 years.

My hot neighbors are all out sunbathing in bikinis right now… and I have to work. hmmm… oh to be young and moving to California again!

I collected the things she would pick-up and placed them on the kitchen counter and went outside, in the rain, to have a smoke. I heard an emergency vehicle’s siren racing down the road, then I heard more sirens. Many police traveling somewhere. An image of my mother in a car accident flashed through my head and I thought, maybe I should call her to say, drive carefully.
I finished my cigarette while I could hear the sound of an ambulance, more police cars and even the wail of a firetruck siren. From my house I could tell they were driving down one of two roads… and it sounded like they were stopping about half a mile from my house, near the parkway.

A few minutes passed before I got a phone call from my step-father. “Your mother has been in a little accident, will you come here?”
I raced there to find the roads completely blocked and many emergency vehicles. When I got there my mother was in the ambulance.

She was released and shortly after we took her to the doctor.

For the last few years my mother has suffered a severe neck injury which if treated with surgery could result in paralysis. Uh… he said something like best outcome, he could stop the pain, but she would lose her ability to speak. He also said she can never get into a car accident for risk of being hit by airbags… which could kill her.

At this moment everything is fine. My mother is ok and she will finally get a new car!
The reason I write this post is because there is nothing in my life that gets me thinking more. Can you imagine some of the things I felt and thought during the day? All I can say is that no possessions will ever have importance to me. Nothing in my life matters more than the people I love.

I hope you all take care and take a moment to notice what you have.