Luck, and Vegetable Soup
[Dinner, April 2009.] All I’ve been wanting to do lately is eat vegetables. Now that it’s spring-nearly summerish I have been seeking out a lot …
Morning Essential
movie dvd true grit [Breakfast, coffee required, March 2009.] I woke up this morning feeling a bit fractious. It’s been hot here, climbing to the …
The Longest Conversation
[Easter dinner table, April 2009.] My cousin Julie makes the best tomato sauce (and lots of other things, too, I suspect, though I don’t see …
Like a Dream
[Looking toward Limantour, March 2009.] This weekend the weather turned into summer here in San Francisco, or at least the kind of summer I always …
(North) West to the Sea
where to watch and soon the darkness full film [Morning at Drake’s Beach, March 2009.] In wilderness is the preservation of the world. – Henry …
Springlike
[First strawberries of spring, March 2009.] It’s spring. I went back to the Fillmore Farmers’ Market this morning after a too-long hiatus (baby, I’ll never …
Ireland, Home
When I die Dublin will be written in my heart. – James Joyce Once, I went to Ireland. My best friend had gotten a new …
Cookies and Milk
One of the best things about being a kid in my parents’ house was that most days when I got home from school there was …
When the Kitchen Calls
The other night for whatever reason I got to feeling a little lonely. I arrived home — my apartment, after a weekend’s minor cleaning frenzy, …
Springing Ahead
[First daffodils, February 2009.] Tomorrow is my favorite day of the year. Yes, my birthday is nice, and Christmas, too, and I surely do love …