by Sally | Jul 27, 2026 | California, On My Mind, Seeing and Photography |
My home is located on a terraced street sliced off the side of a hillside, territory typical of San Diego. Whether I walk the upper side of the street, as my house is situated, or on the lower, I’m in deep debt to my neighbors for their yards and/or hillside...
by Sally | Feb 6, 2026 | At The Table, California |
The Farmer’s Market on a recent Saturday afternoon, and I’m gazing at the bounty of early January in southern California. What to buy? Which lovely opportunities shall I select from the glowing spectrum before me? Orange, yellow, green, even the rosy blush of blood...
by Sally | Apr 23, 2025 | California, On My Mind, Seeing and Photography |
I’m driving one of my favorite roads, the drive to Borrego Springs, and now I’m starting the stretch running seven miles from the mountain town of Julian through the hamlet of Banner, “the Banner Road.” Whoo boy! Lots of curves-–what great driving! This is not a road...
by Sally | Mar 14, 2025 | California, On My Mind |
You’re reading the first in a series of posts about travel and places, this one occasioned by Andy’s and my upcoming annual trip to the Anza Borrego Desert in southern California, northeast of San Diego. Borrego’s two-and-a-half hours away; more than that, it is a...
by Sally | Aug 3, 2023 | California, Seeing and Photography |
Here’s a neighborhood landmark, located on the corner of the street above mine. For a long time, no one’s paid it much heed; the sign’s been “just part of the landscape.” Until just the other day. I drove by, glanced to the right—and saw that the sign stood alone....
by Sally | Apr 26, 2023 | California |
Out the door, down the driveway slope I go, and turning right, stride forward down the street. I look from side to side until I reach the T intersection at the corner. Here’s the decision point: turn left, downhill? Or go right, up the hill to points west including my...
