My house smells like Thanksgiving

“Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned”

Sometimes I spend too much time in my head. Those of you who know me will immediately see the truth in this, and often are the ones who kindly point it out to me when it gets really ridiculous. Right now I am beginning to get overwhelmed by all that needs to be done over [...]

Booty

I really, really wanted to purchase a farm share this year, and I really, really could not justify coughing up the money in advance instead of paying it out in dribs and drabs at my weekly farmers market trips. Serendipitously, a dear and generous friend came to me with an offer; if I could pick [...]

“There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state to another”

I like comparisons, especially when I’m bored. I am also taking a math class for the first time since 1992, so I’m going to use some math speak. Just because. 1.) Raw vegetables > cooked vegetables I generally find this to be true, but it’s true X100 in the warmer weather. I think it has [...]

Raptured

So the world is going to end on Saturday, right? You’ve all heard about this? I am finding it entertaining to think about what I’d like to do with my week, you know… on the off chance that this year is the year that it actually happens (although also amusing, if you scroll down the [...]

oh my

It’s almost summer (sort of), which means I’ll be able to make this pizza again soon. These are the things that make me happy on a rainy day.

Eggs for lunch

I made a vinaigrette by chopping up the fresh tarragon and shallots I still had in the house and adding olive oil, organic dijon mustard, sherry vinegar, salt, pepper, and a squeeze of juice from my last Meyer lemon. I then broiled the asparagus with a little olive oil and salt, drizzled it with the [...]

Bullets

Remember when I blogged every day for a month (almost)? Sigh. I am mildly obsessed with tarragon right now. I bought a fresh bunch the other day and used it to roast chicken with shallots and meyer lemon, and am now trying to decide what to do with the rest… I think I might mash [...]

“Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt”

I need to blog… I keep putting it off because there is so much to write about, and because I don’t have any good pictures to post. It seems like such a small thing but aesthetics are important to me, and too many entries with no visuals brings me down a little. At the core [...]

INTRODUCTION from New Poems

“The poems to come are for you and for me and are not for mostpeople– it’s no use trying to pretend that mostpeople and ourselves are alike. Mostpeople have less in common with ourselves than the squarerootofminusone. You and I are human beings;mostpeople are snobs. Take the matter of being born. What does being born [...]