Latte at Noto, breakfast too… hungry and wanted to treat myself. Putting more into the writing this morning. The kids and how sweet they were last night, this morning… how excited they are about Xmas and Santa Coming.

Sitting against the wall in the long bench at Noto. Thinking about 2024. Exactly what I want to happen. What I need to happen. Certain entities will only produce so much. And yes, I’m touching on the topic of money.

Thinking….. counting today, 8 days left in the year. No excess deliberation. Just action. Tired of waiting, worrying, hoping, envisioning. Making things, EVERYTHING, manifest and materialize.

None of these negative dopes will bend my mood or conviction. Breakfast done, now just enjoying the cafe, the people, watching the owner behind the counter or bar making all sorts and styles of blended magic.

Want to photography small businesses like this, more. Turn photog into a hobby-business…. Necessity and invention.

It starts today while other facets die.

Deciding to stop at a vineyard on the way out to VV. Practice shoot… that old vineyard between Kenwood and Glen Ellen. Be in the vineyard, I remind myself. Always in the vineyard.