Although Bonnie is nearly twelve years old and increasingly arthritic, she still gallops the length of a park, joyful to be outside and able to smell the scents of the world. I came upon her yesterday, sitting in a slash of sunlight that had come to rest on the living room floor. She […]

It’s just sitting in the dining room, next to the salt and pepper shakers. You know, just in case we need to break into song.

In the mid-1980’s, when my parents were looking for places to move in order to get our family out of Los Angeles, my mom had a dream. She dreamed that we were living someplace with views of a beautiful mountain. When she came to Portland for the first time, she was struck the […]

Until this morning, it had been years since I saw the sun rise.  I’ve never been much of a morning person, but today I found myself on an Amtrak train at 5:15 am, speeding from Philadelphia to Newark, NJ.  As we neared the airport train station, I watched as the undersides of the clouds reflected […]

But I know when I’ll be back again (next Friday).  I’m heading to Portland today for a week.  This will be the first Thanksgiving I’ll celebrate on the west coast since 2001 and I’m really looking forward to it.  I’m throwing up a quick and dirty Random Friday Ten.  There will be no outward linking […]

This afternoon my mom and I started talking about a Safeway that was near my high school in Portland, that no longer exists.  It was poorly lit and slightly dirty.  The parking lot drains were always clogged with fallen leaves, creating lakes across the white lines.  There was frequently a person of dubious residency sleeping […]

Last Thursday I had an assignment due for one of my classes.  It was to be an essay about a place, and being that there is no more story-chocked place in my life than my apartment, I wrote about my home.  I’m feeling fairly happy with the way the piece turned out (although I have […]

Sometime last spring, Scott and I started talking about making a food video podcast.  We spent most of the spring trying to name it and finally settled on Fork You.  Thad and Angie came on board to help us out and help us they have.  We are happy to announce that the first episosde is […]

It’s close to midnight and work for my class tomorrow night calls frantically. If it weren’t for my NaBloPoMo commitment, chances are good that I wouldn’t be posting. But I like finish what I start, and so I’m here, diligently posting away. I hope you don’t mind an eclectic assortment.
I ran today. […]

The first time I made cranberry bread, I was 8 years old. My mom helped me toast the walnuts and chop the cranberries in her Vitamix, but left the rest of the measuring and stirring up to me. We took it with us to my grandma Bunny’s house, and I walked around with […]