It’s been a cold and especially wet winter in Northern California. Us natives are beyond the point of complaining - what ever happened to best weather in the world? Yes we know we’ve needed the rain, that it’s helped alleviate the acuteness of our decade-long drought. But is this really what it’s like in so many other parts of the world?

And then I look at our mountains. They’re really truly just foothills, but they still give a very genuine sensation of being in a fertile valley between peaks. Our golden hills of California have snow on them again today! They have glittered with a snowy reflection of sunlight for much of winter. The image offers a wildness to our tame valley, providing a sense of adventure and a window to the grandness of the earth. We can thank the rain and cold for that. And it just goes to show, you never know what comes from what we experience. It sure is a big beautiful amazing world, in such an electrifying universe. We are privileged to be here.