Trees, Plums
[Redwood, Armstrong Woods, August 2010.] I was trying to write this thing about summer — how I felt like I finally caught it on Saturday …
Strange Summer
[A tiny bit of sun and summer in Sonoma County, July 2010.] It’s pretty boring to complain about the weather, I know, especially since it …
Sometimes, There is Little Else to Say But
[Before dinner, July 2010.] Cheese plate + good bread Phyllo-mushroom cups Zuni Cafe roast chicken with heirloom tomatoes + bread salad, parsley-almond pesto White bean …
53 Degrees on the 20th of July
[Near Arch Rock, July 2010.] OK. It’s pretty cold here. It’s cold and this morning when I went for a pre-7 a.m. run I could …
Things to Love About Summer
[Near Barre, Vermont, June 2010.] An ongoing list in no particular order: 1. Days at the beach 2. Light nearly ’til 9p 3. Soft serve …
To Make Up for It (Today's the Day)
[West Marin, 2010.] Last week I went out into the fields. Oh, maybe this isn’t such a big deal but: I miss the fields, living …
Four
When I was a kid growing up in Sonoma County I had neighborhood friends — lucky me, they were girls near my own age — …