I recently left Portland and moved back to California to follow my heart and live in a small coastal town in an area I have always loved. It has been a big transition in every way, and I am now beginning to realize the magic of simplicity in a new way.

I have been making a conscious effort to be outside hiking somewhere new and amazing for sunset each night and have found many beautiful and totally isolated places along the coast and mountains.

This is now a favorite, a spot next to the Cayucos Pier with nobody around, dolphins playing in the water close to shore, and the special, sweet sound of a young boy practicing an instrument. He is out on the pier, playing his trumpet with his whole heart and soul. He brought his music stand and all; he was pretty good, and the sound of the ocean waves crashing was the perfect background. I will always think of him when I am here now and am grateful for the magic and the music of the moment.