A few days of sunshine…
We interrupt this weather system to bring you a few days of sunshine.... The Golden K is thawing out. It's a relief that our reservoirs are finally filling up and the snow Continue Reading
We interrupt this weather system to bring you a few days of sunshine.... The Golden K is thawing out. It's a relief that our reservoirs are finally filling up and the snow Continue Reading
I imagine that snow and ice is especially unwelcome when one has to dig out, drive to work, and cover every inch of their body including their face as a regular part of their Continue Reading
It's coming on Christmas They're cutting down trees They're putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace I wish I had a river I could skate away on - © 1970; Joni Continue Reading
Over the years we've vacationed in the snow many times. I have fond memories of spending long winter weekends in Lake Tahoe with friends who had small children like our's Continue Reading
The Golden K has been truly golden this past week. The change in seasons is increasingly evident in the cool mornings and evenings, the early setting sun, and strikingly in Continue Reading
It was like any other morning when Kali and I took the walk down our long driveway and onto the road to get the newspaper. The newspaper tubes hang along a wooden rail, Continue Reading
I walk around looking up in the air a lot these days. With my neck stretched as far back as my spine will allow I walk and look up at the tall trees. We have hundreds of Continue Reading
One of the reasons we fell in love with The Golden K before it was The Golden K was the layout of the property. It has a wonderful house, a wrap around deck that connects to Continue Reading
They laid on their backs looking straight up at the night sky. It had been a very hot day and now a warm summer evening and the stars were emerging and plentiful. They could Continue Reading
After two months living in the Foothills the Black Tailed Deer have become an extended part of our Golden K family. The most prominent are three bucks who come down twice a Continue Reading
Three of my favorite television shows growing up had rural settings. These 1960's sitcoms, The Andy Griffith Show, Green Acres, and Petticoat Junction, each portrayed a Continue Reading
“Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.” ― Dorothy from the Wizard Of Oz As you can imagine when you live on five acres in the mountains you Continue Reading
I’m a baby boomer and empty nester still passionately in love with the girl I married years ago as a young man with a vision. We live with our three golden retrievers on five acres in the Sierra Nevada foothills town of Tuolumne. In 2016, after a blessed life raising our family in the San Francisco Bay Area, we packed up suburbia and moved to the mountains. We haven’t looked back…