Crazy For
Sometimes love creeps in over the doorstep slowly and gently to land up at your feet with a shy smile. At others it sweeps in …
That Time Thing
Sometimes I wonder what I’d eat for a final meal (note: I don’t really like to think about things like this because not only is …
A Slice of Cake
[Des fleurs, April 2009.] I was talking with a friend the other day as we’re wont to do, and somehow during the course of it …
A Day for Lemon Cake
San Francisco today was so blue, the sky clean and clear even at 7-something this morning when I crossed the bridge on the commuter bus …
For the Fourth
Yesterday afternoon I was working from home — in this case, my parents’ house — when my mom knocked on the door. Hot corn muffins, …
Just Lovely
[Afternoon drinks, Inverness, June 2009.] Saturday night I was in the kitchen chopping an onion and thinking about August. The dog was sprawled on the …
Scenes
[Apricots from Lisa, June 2009.] This morning, my apartment, 6:30 a.m. I meant to bake last night — a vanilla pound cake filled with thinly-sliced …