Dear Friend, Do you ever think about how others see you? Are you concerned about your hairstyle, brand of clothes and shoes and car, the doggy breed you’ve chosen to drag you down the street? How much do you care what people think? It seems obvious that nature sets its own bar around surviving, do you think it even considers how it comes across? Do you think it cares if it bugs you? Surely, creatures somehow recognize each other, and each species must appreciate their own

Dear Friend, What were your first waking thoughts this morning? (I wondered where I was, but that isn’t unusual). I hope that you’ve been snug and fit this week and on a positive plane of health and stamina. As I mentioned in last week’s blog/letter, we were stopped for a few days in a forest near a lake in Northern California. Last Wednesday, Frank left our forest campsite and drove further into back-country. He found a grove of Sequoia trees that he’d heard about. The

Dear Friend, Hi, how was your week? We hope that it’s been good and that you’ve found a way to stay cool (if it’s summertime where you are), or warm and toasty, (if you are in winter). We’ve moved on from cat-sitting in Sacramento County, CA, and are now back on the road. We’ll be camping this week, more on that, next blog. The evening before we packed up to leave Sacramento County, we met a very cute bee. A Valley Carpenter Bee aka: Teddy Bear Bumblebee. These bees a

Dear Friend, Hello! It has been a handful of weeks since our last post. We hope that things have been going well in your world. Frank and I will be getting back on the road next weekend. Meanwhile, we’ve been in separate counties of California, dog & cat sitting. We feel very grateful to get to spend time with these sweet friends, and we look forward to being together soon. Frank is a photographer, as you know, and his life-long love of nature has taken him to many beau