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 …
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 …
To Kate, with Cauliflower
[My mom’s birthday cake, February 2009.] true grit movie stream Good morning. Today is my friend Kate’s birthday. She’s one of my very best girlfriends …
Birthdays, Cakes
[Peanut butter-chocolate cupcake, February 2009.] February seems to be the month of birthdays — and with birthdays, inevitably and of course, comes cake(s). There was …
Lazy Day Breakfast
[Sunday brekkie, February 2009.] If every morning I could wake up early, after having gone to bed early-ish so as to get a full 9-10 …
A Wee Bit
[Lemon cake, February 2009.] This will come as a surprise to exactly no one, but I like to bake. A lot. In the past two …
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 …
One of Those Days
downloads life as we know it online [My morning cuppa, January 2009.] Today is one of those days — you know the ones, when it’s …
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 …