THE CITY BY THE BAY

​And since we can not see the sunsets very well from our house…We drive out into the country and immerse ourselves in the warm rays of the sunset. The colors melting into layers above purple mountains, warmth fading, a golden light draping the world in a velvet blanket. A row of palm trees waves tall, silhouetted against the sunset sky, and I know I’m going to miss these palm...

​And as one blue sky day after another lies to rest in sunset hues over the hills, our time in California is coming to an end. We have replacements, as I’m sure many of you know, whose names are Joel and Kaleigh Koehn. They will come all the way from Fleetwood, Pennsylvania and we will welcome their arrival in Oakley on July twenty-eight. We plan to overlap with them for a fe...

Word of the Year: Security.

One evening we took to the winding mountain roads that led to San Jose. I love the San Jose area, and the drive from our place to San Jose is just beautiful! Especially this time of year when the hills and the mountains are embellished with green velvet and dotted with black cows grazing in whole contentment. As we descend into Silicon Valley...

One very foggy morning in November when a cold misty wind blew, Brent located Tommy. (The homeless Italian man.) He was sitting outside at a new Starbucks that just went in down the road from us, nursing a large cup of coffee. He was totally thrilled to see Brent and was hollering across the way to him before he even walked up there. Brent bought him a breakfast burrito and s...