COOPERSVIEW

If my well-being needs to be “rescued” from time to time, that is when I know I need to visit the beach, or any other setting in nature. This photo was taken last week at Ocean Beach, California, where I was fortunate enough to spend a few hours “filling my cup” as my therapist would say.

Do you receive those “today in your memories” notifications on your socials when a random photo appears? One you hadn’t seen in a while? Maybe one that represents an event you had forgotten or simply put in the back of your mind? I do, and many times the photos elicit fond and bittersweet memories. Fond because that day and/or that time was a happy one, whether experienced alone or in the…

It has been many years since I last posted to this blog. Do blogs even exist in today’s social media society anymore? The title of this blog is “Coopersview” named after my first best cat friend, Cooper Charles. The title of “Coopersview” was to reflect not only Cooper’s curiosity with the world (and the furry roommates he lived with), yet also my own drive to see something beautiful in my own…

Self-Care: It’s What You Need

The concept of self-care is a bit foreign to me. Yet over the past year and a half, the subject has been repeatedly broached by those who have some awareness of what I’ve dealt with in the job that brought me back to the west coast and living in the bay area.  I am no longer plagued by the toxicities of that role and workplace, however, it has had lingering effects.  So, when someone recently…

For those still following this blog, you know it’s been a very long time since I’ve posted anything new.  The itch to write hasn’t been there; life simply got in the way, and in a rather crappy way at best.

We lost our sweet Pansy Maura in August of 2017 due to a seemingly sudden onslaught of intestinal cancer.  One day all seemed normal, 4 days later with a mango-sized belly and inability to use…

Farewell, My Sweet Mr. Bowie

Farewell beloved Mr. Bowie. You’ve made a great difference in the lives of so many of your followers, and especially in your human. If you happen to catch up to Pansy Maura, Cooper Charles or Sasha Marlene over the Rainbow Bridge, please give them the gift of your beautiful face and a sniff of friendship. They would have loved to know of you on this side.