I’m a native Californian currently residing in a small town in the Gold Country. Welcome! I hope you enjoy your visit to my small place in this world! Thursday’s Child aka Lisa

Inspiration: My Spiritual Path which encompasses Truth teachings of East and West.

Best Friend: My Husband, the Big Dog

Likes: Music, Poetry, Raja Yoga, Travel, Animals, Silence, Solitude, Road Trips, Cooking, Baking, Reading, Hiking, NBA games, Old Photographs

Dislikes: the sound of power tools. I could go on and on with dislikes, but why?

Favourite Places: San Francisco, Rishikesh, Deserts, Wide-Open Spaces, the Sea, Mountains, Meadows… nature, nature, nature ~

Fun Times: Driving across the U.S. with my young daughter in 1990. Touring Italy singing an Oratorio with a church choir in 2000. Sabbatical in Assisi, Italy winter of 2003-04. Pilgrimage to India in 2004. Living in India 2006-2010. Looking forward to pilgrimage to Israel in the Fall 2015.

What I miss: India. Would love to visit again someday.
What I don’t miss: Living in India.

What I like in people: kindness
What I dislike in people: negativity

You’ll notice I did not say “what kind of people I don’t like,” or “what kind of people I do like.” I believe we are all a mixture of so many things. We can’t be put in one box. I am inspired, though, by those who use their life to better themselves and by doing so better the world around them.