Expressing My Passions

I set up this blog to express my passions. The top 5 passions in my life are: My Family, Food, Art, Learning and Nature. At times these passions become one. Family: My daughter, Jasmine, is almost 1 and a half and she is a real gem. My husband is equally dear to me. Food: I love to cook & what brings me more joy than cooking is feeding my family. When I'm not cooking I love to try foods from around the world. Ethiopia, Cambodia, Japan, Senegal, Greece, Burma, Spain, France...to name a few every country has created a beautiful wealth of culinary delight and I want to experience them all! Art: Art has always been very close to my heart whether creating it or enjoying the art that is everywhere in life. I love to paint & it is sad to say that I have not painted anything in a long while. Photography is another creative outlet for me. I like to go to art shows, but often become jealous that other people are using their outlet and I can't seem to fin denough time in my busy life to make art a priority. I am practically a San Francisco Native. I was born in Santa Cruz and moved here when I was 4. It's been 24 years in this unique city and we've developed a bit of a love/hate relationship. It's not neccesarily the city's fault it's gone through a lot of changes in the past decade in a half. A cooky idea I have for an art project is to document my relationship with the city through photography. There are a lot of things in this city that "work" and a lot that don't. Learning: I am a hound for knowledge. I surf the internet religiously trying to learn new things. I check out non-fiction books from the library and I get crazy about some new idea everyweek. It's exhausting being so inquisitive. I can see this curiosity has passed down to my daughter. She is a handful, but wouldn't be half as smart if she wasn't. Nature: I feel that nature is my religion. I was not raised going to church, mosque or synagoge. I used to go to the arboretum every Sunday and call it my church. Sit next to my favorite tree, a very very tall Monterey Cypress, and reflect on my life and its place in the world. So what do I want to gain from this blog? An outlet, a place to gather my thoughts and really examine the important things in life. The Natives ARE Restless and that's a good thing, that is what makes the world turn. Without restlessness there is no momentum.