Indian Springs in Calistoga is my happy place. I have a core memory of being in my early 20’s and taking a yoga class - at the end of class during Shavasana the instructor told us to envision our happy place and I though, “fuck, I don’t have one?!” and then I started crying. LOL. Poor baby me!
Anyway, ever since then I have attempted to fix various 'happy places' in my head so that if this situation ever arises again I will know what to do.
I’m amused thinking back to how something as simple as an instructor's suggestion during my crappy 24-Hour Fitness yoga class triggered such an existential mini-crisis. I’ve got a few other places I picture - one and two are Town Beach or Bonnet Shores beach in Narragansett, RI. The other is the beach at Napili Bay on Maui. Hmmm, water seems to be a theme but also the theme is NOT HERE. HERE being my daily life with the regular grind of things to do and remember, etc.
They are really working on the gardens here. I’m in love with this huge stone wall and this concrete fountain. Here you can see someone planted some spring bulbs amidst the agaves. I like this fresh meadowy look.
These olive trees must be very old!
