A Family Feast

Monday August 31, 2020

Earl and I fished for salmon yesterday. Out the Golden Gate. North to Stinson Beach, Bolinas, Duxbury Reef. We got the usual whale show.







I caught a nice 15 pound salmon



I really needed that. I had not caught a salmon the last two trips.

We brought it to the Gorelick compound in Berkeley for dinner. Here is the menu:



It was all about the food. I did not even get any photos of the people.  Meyer joined us. A great evening.

How are we doing otherwise? Terrible. There is too much grief right now in the world. I can't stop looking at the news. It is so depressing. We are all on edge. We are dealing with fires and smoke on top of everything else. 

I am still getting joy from my garden every day. Today this bumblebee decided to take a snooze in a sunflower. I wasn't sure if the bee was alive. It seemed intoxicated.


We are going to try to take a trip to Southern California later this week. Still in the planning stages. Good to have something to look forward to.

the bear


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