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talking sweet to cast iron pans, and other things. 26 Aug 2013 | 05:59 pm
Cooking on a cast iron skillet can sometimes feel like being in an a relationship with a volatile friend. Most of the time the relationship is lovely and wonderful and then suddenly it sours and every...
my week in objects (mostly). 23 Aug 2013 | 06:25 pm
five little things that made my week. 1. this fern. {for still being alive post vacation}. 2. this bee's wrap. {for keeping things fresh, sans plastic}. 3. this candle. {because going without a goo...
two fifty: life in a tiny apartment. 21 Aug 2013 | 10:08 pm
At the risk of being a culturally insensitive boor, let me say that spending some time in a canvas tipi in the middle of the Wallowa Mountains of eastern Oregon has helped me put our tiny place into p...
silver and green: the oregon coast. 19 Aug 2013 | 05:38 pm
Anyone who tells you that the Oregon coast is always gloomy lacks experience, or at the very least, imagination. When the sun's not shining golden, the sky glows silver instead, offering the senses a...
v-a-c-a-tion. 12 Aug 2013 | 08:34 pm
Every once in a while it's good to disappear. To pull on your coziest fleece, to tie on your sneakers, to escape into the woods or underneath the covers or anywhere that gives you a rest from the sa.....
summer fruits and veg. 7 Aug 2013 | 12:50 am
It never feels like summer has fully arrived until there are field tomatoes and peaches at the market. The tomatoes are gnarled and bulbous and leaking with ripeness; so ugly they're beautiful. The pe...
year one. 5 Aug 2013 | 07:18 pm
Saturday was our one year wedding anniversary. And when the morning rain thwarted our plans for an afternoon sail around the harbor, we made new ones. An afternoon movie at the Paris theater. This on...
my week in objects (mostly). 2 Aug 2013 | 08:37 pm
1. this bowl of yogurt. {because of the plums and pecans}. 2. these new sneaks. {because upcoming adventuring called for them}. 3. these additions to the "kitchen" wall. {because, summer}. 4. th...
midsummer magic. 1 Aug 2013 | 07:30 pm
It's a good time of year, this one we're in right now. It's not the midsummer of the summer equinox, but the midsummer that means it's the beginning of August and fully half the summer is still before...
two fifty: life in a tiny apartment. 31 Jul 2013 | 05:33 pm
A follow up to my last tip re: overnight guests in a tiny apartment. This summer we've had more overnight guests than we've had in the past three summers in this apartment combined. Two. We've had e...
