rainy days bring waterfall journeys

What a nice idea! Put on my boots and hike to where the ferns thrive and the water is falling. It always feels so magical. The smell of the mud and pine needles…ummmm.
This from a guide in SF Chronicle to waterfalls in the area:
“…throughout the Bay Area, the recent storms have turned waterfalls into a [...]

Oil Hogs R US

Wow, Ander just sent me a link which shows us being real oil pigs. We consume 20.5 thousand barrels of oil per day! That is over 24% of the world’s oil. I knew we were hogs, but seeing it visually helps me get it.
Go to http://media.ft.com/cms/19d4f43e-a1a5-11dc-a13b-0000779fd2ac.swf and see who produces oil and who the [...]

zipskinny!

I just found this great site zipskinny which gives you info on any zip code you want to search on.
Half Moon Bay, CA where I am from had some interesting stats - check it out! Guess what is the average age for men and women is and educational achievement level is?

pieces of what you were thinking

a long and narrow fishing net to catch dreams of what may have been but got away,
strips of cloth from Tibetan Buddhist robes, blood red and sacred,
a bright white egg with a painted scene by an unknown artist,
words from a gray book on the poetics of space,
petals of roses, marigolds, lavender from gardens along the [...]