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 …
Udon for a Tuesday-Monday
On this Tuesday-that-feels-like-a Monday, I woke up before 6 a.m. — and a full 10 minutes before my alarm was set to go off (at …
Here's What I Do
buy the the man from nowhere (ajeossi) film [Breakfast, May 2010.] Well. All of a sudden it’s May (May!), the month swept in on a …
On the Good Life
[From the boat, April 2010.] Life can be so very good to me. There was string of quiet sunny days, punctuated with delicious food and …
Me + Dinner, A Love Story
Some days — I’ll be honest here, despite wee embarrassment (as my friend would say, small confession) — I don’t always eat so well. There …
Four
When I was a kid growing up in Sonoma County I had neighborhood friends — lucky me, they were girls near my own age — …
Mustard (!)
[Mustard greens from the market, March 2010 download wake trailer .] Never let it be said that I’m not stubborn. I’m the girl who will, …
To March
[Mustard grass near Sebastopol, February 2010.] March, lovely March, here you are at last. You are one my favorite months — with polite apologies to …
Once, in Greece
[Spetses, 2007 .] If I were a better writer, I’d have some sort of lovely observation about this (endless) rain and how, if I didn’t …
Some (Weekend)Nights
[At home, January 2010.] This past Saturday was chilly — cold, by San Francisco standards (and granted we’re wimps but it was actually pretty cold). …