I haven't read poetry in a long time. Not because I don't love it, I do.  Most of it. It's more that most poetry does...

Djuna on her first birthday A year ago, after a quick 3 hour labor , our Djuna was born. I have been thinking about that birth experien...

We're back! This photo was taken at 7:30am at the park yesterday. The girls woke us up at 3am and refused to go back to sleep, de...

Kara Rosenlund's "Sea ," via Cup of Jo We are headed to the south of France and Berlin for two weeks, so the old blog wil...

Crab Cove, Alameda The week in brief: Djuna is walking (if 6 steps count... I think that's walking). Stella, out of the blue, sta...

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It has been an emotional week. Last Friday night a friend's husband died unexpectedly. There are no words to describe the immeasurab...

We were on the plane en route to France and Turkey for our honeymoon when I turned to Jordan and said: "I'm already feeling so...

Uta Barth, Deep Blue Day Happy Friday! A few links to kick off the weekend... Looks like I'm dairy-free for the long hau...

  What are you having for dinner tonight? I'm making Melissa Clark's amazing cumin lamb meatballs with tahini yogurt d...

Oh, hey there. After reading this blog post about the death of the blog back in December, I took stock. Did I enjoy blogging? Somet...

One of my gifts to Jordan this Christmas was a beer tasting. I contacted the great folks at Hog's Apothecary , a newish beer hall ...

The Goldfinch ... holy shit. I savored the last 20 pages of pure writing gold, dog-earring page after page with passages to revisit and s...

Sarah and her family, photo by Lisa Leckie Sarah Coglianese, a friend and old co-worker, was diagnosed with ALS last year. She recentl...

Hello to December, one of my favorite months of the year. I love the holidays: the chill in the air, the smell of pine needles, baking, ...

After a 20 day hiatus, I'm back!  During my absence I turned 35. We celebrated with the i ce cream cake of my dreams and my cousin...

Sheeps by Meagan Donegan I can't wait to read the new Donna Tartt . Cookies ! Shayna texted me about these yesterday and St...

I still get carded occasionally.  Two summers ago when we were in Michigan I ran out to the store to get lighter fluid and and a li...

YUM. I turn 35 in November. Gah! I think I'm going to make this ice cream cake to celebrate. Nothing says happy birthday like an ...

We are in the middle of a big period of adjustment... Djuna's arrival. Stella starting preschool in September. Over the past fe...