A Leap of Faith
I'm usually very content to stay close to The Golden K. On one hand why wouldn't I be? The foothills are always a beautiful place to be; even more so during late Continue Reading
Visioning
Just go along for the wonderful ride
It's been almost three years since moving from the SF Bay Area to the Sierra Nevada Foothills and I continue look, sometimes in awe, of the beauty that surrounds me. Continue Reading
If you’ve never stared off in the distance…
I watched my client Bill as he stared off in the distance from the driveway of the home he and his wife would eventually buy. He wasn't looking at anything particular Continue Reading
Community in the Foothills
Community in the Foothills. It was a warm and clear August evening prime for exploring. But when one lives in the middle of so much beauty, as we do at The Golden Continue Reading
Highway 108 – a drive worth repeating
Highway 580. Highway 108. The contrast of driving in the San Francisco Bay Area freeways and driving the roads and highways of the Sierra Nevada Foothills is Continue Reading
Spring is rebirth and hope
Spring is rebirth and hope. As soon as the weather warms and there are a few days of sunshine fall planted bulbs dormant during winter begin to sprout new life and Continue Reading
The Golden K – a romantic perspective of life at 3100 feet
I'm an aging baby boomer and empty nester married to the girl I'm still passionately in love with. We have three grown children, two Golden Continue Reading
Sierra Nevada Foothills Snow
At 3100 feet in the Sierra Nevada Foothills The Golden K receives three or four meaningful snowfalls a year. We welcome each and every one of them. Up the hill just a Continue Reading
A Gifted Artist
A competent artist can change the mood of the scene or highlight an intended subject with a simple brush stroke or dab of different colors from their palette. And a gifted Continue Reading
Evolution of a suburbanite
It's that time of year. Damp and cold...and beautiful. I've never been a fan of winter, or rain, or cold, or wind. But somehow up here in the Sierra Continue Reading
Leaves
The hot summer days only left us a few weeks ago. Winter rain and snow is on the way soon. Today, sandwiched between those two extremes of hot and cold, we sat in Continue Reading
Return of the Black Tailed Deer
Spring is in the air and the deer seem to know it. We got to know "our" black tailed deer during the past year. We enjoyed their visits each morning and evening as we Continue Reading
