Season of Sugar
[Some of this week, February 2013.] The thing is that I don’t really even like sugar. I err on the side of ‘healthy(ish)’ for the …
My Yosemite (+ Cooking on the Trail)
[Before the knife’s edge, Clouds Rest, August 2012.] Hard to believe it’s been four weeks now since we woke up before dawn, shouldered our packs …
Sunny October, I Begin Again
[San Francisco, October 2011.] Fall: utterly, truly. The light is fantastic, slanting against San Francisco’s buildings in the late afternoons and curling around the cyprus …
On Greece, and Remembering
[Spetses from the boat, August 2007.] My coworker just gave me the August issue of Saveur, which is the Greece issue, and just a quick …
And There Could I Marvel
[Sunset, King’s College, Cambridge, U.K., October 2009.] Today I am 31 and am drinking tea. Four days ago, on another birthday, Cambridge shone in sun …
Ireland, Home
When I die Dublin will be written in my heart. – James Joyce Once, I went to Ireland. My best friend had gotten a new …
When the Kitchen Calls
The other night for whatever reason I got to feeling a little lonely. I arrived home — my apartment, after a weekend’s minor cleaning frenzy, …
From the Harvest
[Pumpkin, barley and root vegetables, November 2008.] For all of my incomprehension about just how exactly we’re right smack in the middle of November and …
Words to Dream By
[In the backyard, April 2008.] Voici mon secret. Il est très simple : on ne voit bien qu’avec le coeur. L’essentiel est invisible pour les …