SPOTLIGHT ON OJAI | PAUL BLACKTHORNE.

Name: Paul Blackthorne

Age: 44

Starsign: Pisces

Hometown: Wherever I live

What brought you to Ojai: Peace, serenity, calm and mountains

What gets you out of bed each day? Peace, serenity, calm and mountains

Describe yourself in 3 words or less: Male, Pisces, English

What makes Ojai so special? As above, plus far from the madding crowd, close to an ocean, local food and good conversation.

Best place to caffeinate: Farmer & The Cook

Your ultimate Ojai weekend: hike in the mountains, cup of chai, long swim, farmers market, local movie theater, roast dinner.

We want to watch the sun go down, where should we go? Meditation Mount, but be quiet when you get there.

Who is motivating you right now? The part of me that wants to do something decent with the time I have on this planet

And what is on your stereo? My old tapes from the 90s – Elvis, Beck, Miles Davis, Wilco etc.

Words to live by…Its not what happens in life, its how we react to what happens.

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