Happy Thanksgiving!!

Highway One closed around midnight, but reopened around 6:30 AM. Slide at Coast Gallery. Closed from mile marker 11, Cal-Trans yard, on the south (which makes no sense – why not Lucia or Esalen?), to just south of Nepenthe on the north. If traveling Highway One today, use caution, and remember, Cal-Trans doesn’t work after dark!

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Thankful!!

Blessings are everywhere, and opportunities for gratitude abound.

Big Sur, with all its difficulties in 2008 rejoices in these blessings and is thankful for the opportunity to live, love, and laugh in Mother Nature’s bounty.

“Life without thankfulness is devoid of love and passion. Hope without thankfulness is lacking in fine perception. Faith without thankfulness lacks strength and fortitude. Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road.”

– John Henry Jowett (1864-1923)

I wish for all of you – a Thanksgiving filled with love, friends, family, and gratitude. Blessings to all. And today, I am very grateful for the beautiful sunshine and warmth, particularly after the gloomy, raining days we had this week!