motivational-mondays

Photo by the author, Deeann D. Mathews, October 11, 2025 It's been a rough couple of weeks around my circle ... and it's Monday, and we ...

It's not every morning when your tranquil morning walk is met by a sea serpent in Golden Gate Park's Prayerbrook Falls! As you might expe...

My life has become much different this summer ... I recovered from anemia just in time for age to catch up with my parents in force ... ...

Haight Street and Masonic Avenue -- one of the most iconic corners in San Francisco, and even on a silvery summer day, it is vibrant. I ...

As I was out observing the glories of summer on Buena Vista Hill and walking home down one of its residential sides, I passed a door tha...

I've been exploring in Presidio National Park in the last few weeks, inside and outside, so I was there an enchanted summer evening and ...

I live in San Francisco, CA. My representative is Rep. Nancy Pelosi. A lot of good things and a lot of bad things happened in this town ...

A lot of motivation is to help people keep going, keep striving, keep pushing -- and all that has its place. But here's some motivation ...

First weekend in July ... recovered around 90 percent from my bout with anemia in the winter so I can get out and do the kind of walking...

I've come to realize something through the winter and the spring ... a great disappointment and walking through and past it while the wo...

Monday last week appeared to be the epitome of the first few words of this song by Blue Mountain ... "It's just a vain attempt/Girr...

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In the world there are these ideas that only certain people and places are allowed to have nice things. Therefore we expect that the Uni...

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I missed a bus recently and realized: I could safely walk home faster, now that my anemia is mostly resolved! On the way I passed a home...

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I remember when I returned to walking during the pandemic ... I had been feeling the need to start again, but there had been a stunning ...

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Photos by the author, Deeann D. Mathews, on May 5, 2025 Recently I was on a very long walk in Golden Gate Park that ended at Alvord Lake...

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San Francisco is a windy city, with a direct sea breeze blowing in most of the time most months of the year, and April and May can be as...

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Photos by the author, Deeann D. Mathews, April 9, 2025 No pressure on a Monday ... no need to do the "after" yet ... but walk ...

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Since I drafted this post, things have changed a great deal in Free Compliments ... but I think this post still epitomizes how many of u...

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I was out on a Friday walk ... cleared to be in valleys but not on my local hills, so walking around my parks for a leg stretch, and wen...

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