Two months in and I've been able to cross a couple of things off my new list.
I've been on a reading tear, continuing with last year's momentum. I read a record-breaking thirty-seven books in 2011; my true escape, (and safety net), when life is rough. I'm tending towards lighter novels, although I'm eager to read this book as I'm a bit of a nut for WWII era settings. When Brooke mentioned Fanny at Chez Panisse I remembered that we have a copy sitting neglected on miss A's book shelf. It now sits on my bookshelf, next to another absconded book, The Dr. Seuss Dictionary in French!
In early December I visited Route 66 and Salton Sea.
And over the holiday break, I went to Point Vicente light house on a day when it was surrounded in the dense coastal fog that frequents our coastline.
I love the thick coastal fog playing against the rocky coastline. There is so much history in the craggly erosion of those cliffs standing above the dark emerald sea, the white waves breaking on the rocks far below. Seriously makes me a little weak in the knees.
Since we've been back living in California, I've wanted to visit tide pools and finally we went. The timing was perfect, (even if our footwear wasn't), and it was good. Really, really good.
