Licia’s Blog
A Larger Logic
I remember it so clearly....when I was 8 months pregnant with my first baby, I thought I surely could not get any bigger. But it was not time yet, so I waited. When I was 9 months pregnant with Jess, I thought I would pop and pondered how this watermelon-sized kid...
Flexible but Grounded
I was realizing that I have not written a straight family-whereabouts-update in ages, so for those of you who might be a little weary of my philosophizing, this is for you! We are in Pismo Beach, California and enjoying the most spectacular warm, sunny days and...
Hoka Hey, Ruby
Well, my last biological grandparent has left this earth and become one with the All That Is. I wish she had realized that while she was living! Ruby died this morning around 3:00 a.m. mountain time in Tucson. It was not an easy death...my Aunt Wendy has willingly...
We the People
The family and I watched the inauguration with excitement this morning. 8:30 a.m. on the Pacific coast. Jess said as we woke him up, "It feels like Christmas!" I had to agree...the anticipation and exhilaration of this day feels like all goodness to me....
Looking for the Right Plug
One of the consequences of change is that we are invited to relate to the world in a different way than we did before, whether slightly or in a very drastic move to become a different person. I like the degrees of change when I am morphing, myself; a little...
New Beginnings
Well, the horse is already out of the starting gate, having been chomping at the bit to get out.....we felt that 2008 was a year of the beginning of the end (boy, it sure was) and we feel 2009 being all about the solidification of new beginnings. I am a...
Serene, Satisfying, Soul-Filled Solstice!
Greetings Everyone, It has been three weeks since my last confession....I mean BLOG entry....and I can't believe it has been so long since I posted anything! it certainly isn't because there has been a shortage of happenings with us Berries in the Berry Patch! We...
Santa Cruz area
We arrived in Felton, just north of Santa Cruz, on Wednesday the 19th and have been here for a week at the fabulous Cotillion Gardens campground under the majestic Redwood trees. The park is surrounded by Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, also heavily forested with...
United or Divided?
I recently had the joy of reading an unedited 2004 interview with Barack Obama, just after he had won the democratic nomination for senator of Illinois. In the interview, he was asked very specific questions about his religious beliefs; I found it refreshing and...
Monterey
Monterey is located on the Monterey Peninsula, about 2 hours south of San Francisco and two hours north of San Luis Obispo…it is the apparent dividing line between southern and northern California when looking at a map. The Peninsula is not a pronounced one in the...