Fogged
[Trees, Pierce Ranch, November 2008.] Yesterday I went to Pt. Reyes with some old pals and walked along a nearly-deserted Keyhoe Beach and took photos …
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 …
Today's the Day
Be the change you want to see in the world. – Gandhi [Election cake, November 2008.] PLEASE VOTE. This morning I woke with a start: …
Birthday Blue
[Pacific Ocean from Tomales Point, October 2008.] How I spent my birthday: up at 8 a.m. to pancakes and lots of coffee, presents in the …
On the Cusp
[On Skye, October 2003.] I always think about Scotland in October. Five years ago tonight I was perched on a cliff above the Atlantic Ocean …
Maine, in Food
[Beets from the farm, with local butter, September 2008.] So in early September I went to Maine. I took a 6 a.m. flight from San …
Things to Like
[On Seawall beach, Maine, September 2008.] For all my ardently proclaimed love of fall, I must recant a little and admit I’m having a few …
Simple and Sweet
[From the farmers’ market, September 2008.] Fall is: 90-degree Saturdays in Sebastopol; Sunday afternoons in the backyard with lemonade and cookies, the perfect grilled cheese …
Home, With Cookies
[Simos and Lena’s wedding cookies, September 2008.] I’m home. That whooooooosh you might have heard was my sigh of relief at surviving hours on the …