Autumn

I always hate to see the end of the summer, but Autumn is just so amazing here. There is some sort of comforting feeling that comes as the nights draw in, something that reminds me of childhood. Bundling up in warm clothes, drinking PG Tips with lots of milk and sugar, baking cookies and lots of sleep.

I'm so lucky to be able to get away to the ocean whenever I can. Walked along the nearly deserted beach last weekend, with Mum and Bella. I know I am going to end up living by the ocean one day soon, especially now that the city noises that used to comfort me, are beginning to drive me insane. Loud voices make me run away and/or give me an immediate splitting headache.

I can't wait to go back to Mum's in two weeks - the leaves will have started changing and all the tourists will be long gone.

Home again

I had quite a revealing week in California. I can't really put it in words yet, but it's been keeping my mind busy for a while. I will get to it in the next few days.
In the meantime the thought of the day: never expect anything from anyone because you will always be disappointed. I haven't learnt that yet...

Labor Day weekend

Listening to some interesting stories that my Mum's friend from England is telling. He has been to every major event in history in the past 25 years, reporting, Driving from Sarajevo to Tulsa and being shot at by snipers, hidden in a hotel room in the middle of a military coup, filming the Berlin wall coming down... Amazing...
Makes me wonder why I am still stuck doing a job I really don't want to be doing. Time to start doing what I want to, writing again. But in the meantime I have to do some work on Labor Day. Awesome, right?

Right now I am sitting on my Mum's deck with her best friend Elaine and one of her best friends from England, chatting about music and memories and the future. The moon is really high in the sky and the cicadas are singing away. I keep thinking that I should buy a little house out here, and possibly feel settled for once in my life. I just can't afford to do anything like that for at least a year. Would I miss the city too much? I couldn't move alone... Ahhh.
I want that one dream I have had for so long to become reality!!! But that's another story. I will continue to keep hoping.

This past week has been interesting.

While the moon rises over the bay I will leave you with a picture of my lovely Bella. The gentlest, sweetest and most adorable dog ever.