Saturday morning tea, reflections on Sonoma – Part 1


Sonoma and Crater Lake, both beautiful, both potentially intoxicating, one in a not-so-good way the other most desirably good. We try to take one trip a year, yet we have not been there for three years so we enthusiastically anticipated this trip. First off – Sonoma and food. We visit Sonoma for great food and…

Sketching lesson in Tokyo, teachers are there when you look


If we are alert, in tune, and seeking then all of life is our classroom filled with lessons at the most unexpected times. The gardens of the Nezu Museum of art in Tokyo are wild, natural, and un-manicured, in contrast to most of the gardens we saw. Pathways wind among ponds and bridges, small hutches…