A writer with a law degree. A crazy woman in the kitchen. Sometimes able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.
Posted in good things on Jul 25th, 2008
The three of them were no older than 14, but curvy as so many young girls are. I remember being flat as a board at their age. You could tell they were all good friends; there was no third wheel, here. They bopped along ahead of me, to their own private soundtrack, laughing at their [...]
Posted in BlogHer, flickr, food, good things, photos, sparkly, wine on Jul 19th, 2008
Posted in good things, lawyer on Jul 16th, 2008
You wouldn’t know me, to drive behind me in my boring-looking gold Jetta wagon, with 80,000 miles and several nicks and dings and counting. But then I cut in front of you, one hand on the wheel, the other on the windowsill, tapping my fingers to the Beasties and Bosstones blaring from the radio, [...]
Posted in good things, writing on Jun 29th, 2008
Reason number 500 why the New York Times is my “paper of record;” a three page article about a rolling ladder company in Manhanttan that encompasses history, family, business, fashion, and architecture. Along with some poignant, pointed language.
Posted in award, good things, links, meta on Jun 11th, 2008
A little bit ago, I got a link from the Blog Goddess Schmutzie, telling me that my chocolate truffles post was named as a Five Star Friday post, at her new site, appropriately called Five Star Friday. How tickled was I to find out that it’s a round up of reader-submitted great posts of the [...]
Posted in Better Half, BlogHer, good things on Jun 7th, 2008
I am so looking forward to going to BlogHer in July. And I may also go to the one here in Boston (and also, even if I don’t, I may host a few people here if they’re coming in from out of town). But what with the being out of a full-time paycheck until last [...]
Posted in books, good things, links, writing on Jun 3rd, 2008
I’ve been reading M.F.K. Fisher’s Last House, a collection of essays from the 1970s and 1980s. They’re not just ruminations on food and cooking– none of her writing is “just” anything. All her writing is about is life– about love, and not loving, and have, and not having, and what that all means. [...]
Posted in friends, good things, links on May 21st, 2008
I am not a gardener. My proudest accomplishment is not killing the Spawn of Larry the Jade Plant, a jade plant at my brother-in-law’s work the size of a triceratops. But I have always helped my Dad plant his garden, and harvesting’s not a problem– I am a cook, a former CSA sharer, and [...]
Posted in good things, links, photos on May 18th, 2008
I should have added NYJLM’s 365 photoblog to my post the other day. She is great with the macro, and unusual angles. And I am jealous in winter of her Florida home.
Posted in good things, links on May 18th, 2008
I’ve been behind on my reading of all the blogs I so enjoy, and just caught up with this entry by Susan Carlin, about her journey to becoming a full-time artist. Susan’s a gifted, gifted painter, with an eye for emotion and expression, but she can turn a phrase quite nicely, too, and I enjoyed [...]