Among Friends
I don’t mind eating alone — in fact, sometimes it’s one of my especial pleasures to sit down with a glass of wine and a …
Lately
Nearly three years ago this June I dragged myself up before 6am and went for a run. It was foggy and damp but not cold …
Morning Essential
movie dvd true grit [Breakfast, coffee required, March 2009.] I woke up this morning feeling a bit fractious. It’s been hot here, climbing to the …
Like a Dream
[Looking toward Limantour, March 2009.] This weekend the weather turned into summer here in San Francisco, or at least the kind of summer I always …
(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 …
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 …