Pain au Banane
It feels like like spring a little bit — today, which is smack in mid-February (though, I will note, it’s just one month until the …
I Just Had To
[The sky the other night, February 2009.] Probably one of the last things you’d think of doing after being out for a solid 12 hours …
Of Blood Oranges and Windy Days
Once, a very long time ago, I was staying for a week or so at the house in the woods probably because my parents had …
The New Standard
We all know I’m a pretty simple girl at heart. This is not news. I’d much rather go for a long hike in the sun …
Alone in the Kitchen, with Cake
Like clockwork, every year just before Christmas I catch a cold. Perhaps it’s because it’s our extra busy season at work, or that I’m realizing …
Let's Eat Cake
[Mint-chocolate cake, December 2008.] Today: Cold sun. Wearing blue shirt. Old black shoes. Peanut butter and almond butter and boysenberry jam on toasted bread and …
Biscuits, Simple and Sweet
[Sweet potato biscuits, November 2008.] This past Sunday was lovely — yoga class, a quick brunch meet-up, more coffee from my favorite spot, the farmers’ …
Red, White, Blue
[Red velvet birthday cake, November 2008.] The other night when I went running — for the first time in the dark after months and months …