Wonderful opportunities arise when you ask yourself the right questions.

In 1965 Lucille Ball not only spent time at Marineland of the Pacific she actually filmed an episode of The Lucy Show. In that episode she tried to retrieve a ball from the tank. Of course as always things didn't go as planned and she found herself in another a predicament. In this case in the tank with the dolphin and soaking wet. While far from glamorous in this particular episode she spent much of her early career as a beautiful movie star.

Isolation at half A MILLION miles from earth

Fifty years ago this month we learned the crucial lessons of what a “successful failure was. Apollo XIII showed us surviving skills for managing any crisis. The five “‘ations” Anticipation, Isolation, Communication, Application and Participation.

The NASA Astronauts of Apollo XIII and their support teams showed us how to overcome a crisis and survive.

In the late fifteenth century, Spanish author Garci Rodriguez del Montalvo wrote a best-selling fantasy novel titled Las Sergas de Esplandian (The Exploits of Esplandian). In it the hero visits an island named for Queen Califia, an imposing Amazon.

We are all at home now, in the place that should be our happy place, our soft spot to land. How does it feel? Are you overwhelmed because the clutter you are accustomed to leaving behind when you go to work is surrounding you 24/7?

Life in PV has changed. The runners and bikers going by my house, usually a chatty crowd, are instead spread out single file, roughly a car length apart.