that time of year

It’s backyard season again. And, I could not be happier about it. 

march 2025

The view from the office window sometimes reminds me that I shouldn’t take things for granted. It reminds me to see the beauty in simple things, small things, moments.

I caught myself staring out the window when I arrived to work this morning. And, it made me pause. It encouraged me to appreciate some of people in my life, and some recent events. 

I don’t want to go into detail about those people and recent events that fluttered through my mind this morning. But, maybe this quote sums it up:  

Life is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

the kindest people

The kindest people are not born that way, they are made. They are the souls that have experienced so much at the hands of life, they are the ones who have dug themselves out of the dark, who have fought to turn every loss into a lesson. The kindest people do not just exist – they choose to soften where circumstance has tried to harden them, they choose to believe in goodness, because they have seen firsthand why compassion is so necessary. They have seen firsthand why tenderness is so important in this world.

–Bianca Sparacino


sierra foothills

“Love where you live”

Amador County wine country appreciation post.