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, …
(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 …
Dear Valentine
[Sky, San Francisco, fall 2008.] Baby, you are softness and light, you are memory swirled around like caramel in chocolate ice cream, you are sunsets …
Into 2009
[Lunch, January 2009.] In these early days of the baby year anything is possible. I swear the sun shines brighter and the waves crash and …
Christmas, Quiet
[Sun at South Salmon Creek, December 2008.] Yesterday — Boxing Day — we went to the beach and the coast stretched out before us, still …
Happy Christmas
[My tree, December 2008.] But that was not the same snow,” I say. “Our snow was not only shaken from white wash buckets down the …
Almost There
My bags are packed, my presents organized (if not wrapped), the holiday packages mailed and hopefully already received, my new year’s eve party plans in …
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 …
Menu for Hope 2008
[Cake, November 2008.] Menu For Hope is an annual fundraiser put together by food bloggers around the globe to raise money for a world cause …