Muir Beach-This Is Where I Play Hooky

My "To Do' list is overwhelming, but when a friend called yesterday about noon suggesting coffee, I was out the door in about 30 minutes. It was one of those exquisite days in northern California with the sun shining warmly, just enough breeze to keep it a little cool, and wild flowers in bloom all over the place.

We actually did start with coffee at The Depot in Mill Valley which anchors a town square that is a gathering place for the community, went for a walk through a neighborhood of gorgeous homes, chatted with a couple celebrating their 27th anniversary, and headed back to the car to feed the meter. Instead, we went for a drive up and out of Mill Valley toward Muir Beach through that breathtaking scenery that is in all those car commercials.

It was low tide so we could actually walk to the end of the beach that is usually only accessible over huge, sharp boulders. Today the rocks usually submerged revealed their colonies of mussels of all sizes and the little crabs skittered across the sand threatening Buddy, the cocker spaniel who's afraid of water since he fell in a pond as a puppy 8 years ago. Walking back we engaged in conversation with a couple of guys, one pushing the other in his wheelchair. One friend taking another on a trip to see San Francisco, the Pacific, the redwoods, and all the other beautiful sights in the short time he has left.

Serendipity being what it is when the Law of Attraction is a conscious part of each day, after some high-spirited and good natured kibbitzing, it turned out that the able-bodied friend is a long-time technology executive who is very interested in what we are doing here with Commercial Open Source technology and actually had a business card in his wallet!

So, the moral of the story, Kiddies, is playing hooky is a good thing. It restores your soul. Opens your eyes. Eases the knots in your shoulders. And, sometimes produces breakthrough and opportunities you'd never have gotten, sitting at your desk!

More later!