Ten
I wrote this post two years ago, and I’m re-posting today because whenever I sit down to write something about 9/11 I find I write …
How it’s Going
[Blackberries, Sebastopol, September 2011.] This past week or so has involved lots of blackberries. Loads. Some I didn’t pick and many I did, and I …
Cooking with Emily
[At Green Gulch Farm, July 2011.] A weekend of good eating and, as sometimes happens, not too many photographs taken. My sister-in-law Emily is in …
Quinoa with Pesto and Chickpeas
[Near the lighthouse, June 2011.] Sunday was this really gorgeous day of sort of meandering about and doing all the things I like to do. …
Homemade Mac + Cheese
[This morning, June 2011.] Today, the urge for train journeys, and snow, and frozen lakes. June 10 and I am still in winter — wintered-over, …
A Dear Blog Letter, But Mostly, Vegan Pesto
[Sunday lunch, May 2011.] I hosted a wee lunch party a week ago Sunday that I was proud of for two reasons: One, I didn’t …
On Feeling Lucky, and a Simple Potato Soup
[In Golden Gate Park, March 2011.] This past weekend I was in Phoenix where it was hot during the day but cool and dry at …
Thyme-Scrambled Eggs
[Flowers, bay, October 2010.] Last weekend I was invited for drinks at a house perched near the top of the Inverness ridge, somehow tucked into …
Home, with Penne and Pesto
[Sonoma Coast, January 2011.] I took today off. No working from home, no working at work, no working, really, at all. I pushed off thoughts …
Wintering
[Monterey, January 2011.] (Very) Occasionally I wish I still lived on the East Coast, mostly because of the snow. There were some — if fairly …