My First Day

So this is it, the first entry in my blog. I've decided to write this blog to force myself to write more, to discipline myself to photograph more, but also to compel myself to venture out into the world more--to explore the PLACE I call home. I've worked my way into the rut of a routine in my life and I do not like it.

I have lived in this town for over 30 years now, and you would think I knew everything about it, but I do not. So this will be my record of what I do and what I learn over the next 10 months of my life. I choose that amount of time, instead of one year, because I plan on taking a vacation next June. Not sure where I will go yet, thinking about the state of Washington and sailing the Peuget Sound to the San Juan Islands; but wherever it is, it will not be here.

    Overview of the UC Berkeley campus. Not my photo. Taken
from a public website on the city of Berkeley. 

Berkeley is Berkeley because of the university. Without it, most of the people I know would never have come to live here or to build a life for themselves here. BUT did you know that there are 19 additional institutions of higher learning in this city that offer advanced degrees? You can obtain a masters degree in theology or oriental science; or become certified in computer technology or acupressure. Education is everything in Berkeley, or that's what I think now.

 If you want to learn more about this city, then take the journey with me. I'll be very interested to know what you think and feel about the places, the things, and the people I describe. I'm kind of eager to know myself.  I think I'll use subject headings for each of the entries (i.e., museum, entertainment, nature, parks, food, dining out, architecture, history, neighborhoods, and so on). We'll see how it goes. Wish me luck.  
                                                --Berkeley Belle