From the category archives:

Country life

This is actually my second harvest of the year; last weekend, I ate my first arugula salad from the garden. This afternoon, I picked more arugula, my first radishes of the year, and some lovage leaves. Happy. Even happier? Melons and squash seeds have germinated thanks to a heat wave, tomatoes and chiles are in, [...]

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On the you-never-know-what-life-will-bring-you front–I’ve been asked to step in as a cohost of a local radio show, Mimi’s Morning Mojo, the creation of the very funny Mimi (who happens to also be my aerobics teacher.) I could not make this stuff up, folks. Stay tuned for my local radio debut. (Or should I say, my return [...]

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Is it just adulthood that makes you feel that something wonderful always has something not so joyous tagging along? Is that just the way the universe balances, or is it middle aged pessimism? I just don’t know. A glorious walk down to the barn tonight to check on the horses, give them a bit of [...]

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It occurred to me this morning as I waited for the kettle to boil, that my life here is much smaller, or perhaps, narrower, than the one I had in Los Angeles. But I mean this as a compliment. Here, I more often know the sources of the objects I interact with, the things I [...]

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