Downtowns

Yesterday I went to Calistoga to attend a meeting. On the way back to Napa I stopped by St. Helena. In the early evening I went to the Chef's Market in downtown Napa. There were dancing and singing vegetables (tomato, carrot and lettuce).

It was a beautiful day.

Calistoga on one July Thursday afternoon.

St. Helena downtown.

Napa every Thursday 5-9PM in summer.

Books

I finished A Moveable Feast. Hemingway wrote on how he writes. He is very subtle in his insights about his personal observations of places, people and his feeling.

I just now finished The White Lioness by Henning Mankell. Very good writing. He made the characters alive and real.

Today is a day to reflect about the meaning of freedom. I wish there is peace in the world. I wish all the people enjoy freedom.

Paris with Picasso and Matisse

On Friday, my wife and I went to the De young and saw the Picasso masterpieces from the Musee Picasso National in Paris. Afterwards, we went to SFMOMA to see the Stein Collection of Picasso and Matisse.It was double treat of exceptional art.

I don't know if I will have a chance to visit Paris.

I'm reading Hemingway's A Moveable Feast. Reading Hemingway's account of seeing these paintings of Picasso and Matisse on the walls inside the apartment of Gertrude Stein was a live reenactment of those years in Paris.