Rain washed and wiped clean, the first rain comes
Well the rain has come to Northern California this week and it feels good and right and bright, like a fresh, clean start. For those of you not familiar with the region the rains generally stop in May and
Crossing Over: using both sides of your body & brain
A couple of week ago we went to my son’s high school for back to school night. We wandered the halls and had brief (very brief) presentations from each of Ivan’s 6 teachers. Most were informative and some were lively
Happy Equinox!
Today is the Autumnal Equinox. I did a little research into what that means, so here it is: an equinox happens each year at two specific moments in time (rather than two whole days), when there is a location on
Long Shadows
I’ve been observing the slow and gradual change of light as September passes. There is a dusty darkness now when the alarm goes off at 6:30am that doesn't encourage me to join the day like the summer sun does, all
Fruitful Alchemy
I’ve stepped back a bit from the canning jars and boiling pots this week to enjoy a bit of last weeks labor. My morning is sublime with apple butter spread sticky and thick across crunchy crusty buttered toast. Ah such
“Putting Up” Your Bounty
This week I have barely stepped foot into my studio, all my creative energy has been in the kitchen. 20 pounds of apples from the Ranch trees and my mom’s orchard, a squishy box of ripe and ready peaches from
Ode to Late Summer
The long light of the late August evening is shortening, my post dinner dog walk was a wee bit darker, the colors of the sunset more muted, peach turned to purple, as I stood upon the hill over looking the
Long Legs of Summer
Change is in the air; summer is stretched out prone, her long legs draped across the yard like a sunbather catching the late afternoon sun. The wildflowers are long past blooming, now sporting seedpod maracas just waiting for autumn wind
Sugar Neighbors
Last weekend I got to spend three days with some of my favorite people on earth. The five of us meet over thirty years ago in college and have by some lucky miracle, defied distance and place and time and
Girl Getaway, 30 years later we still can stop talking!
I have been struggling all week about what to write about, the green tomatoes waiting on the vine? nah, not ripe yet, how about the House Finches lining the fence? nah maybe next week…. all I can think about this