Tom Waits for no one. Winter Swamp Solstice was a small batch edition this year—and, from my toast, “Can’t turn back the tide of 2020, with its hurricanes, plagues, and tidal waves of disruption and loss- nope, we can’t turn back the tide, but tonight, let ‘s look up and look for that one star […]
RUN. Seems a prudent response to the times. It’s felt so good to hit the pavement, to rattle off the cobwebs in the connective tissue after taking half the year off for chemo. I used to think of exercise like a chore, and now it feels like a gift. To have the health to move. […]
I cannot imagine a better kick off to the Mardi Gras season than the confetti snowfall finale of the LSU victory in the National Championship Game Monday night. In exchange for access to the field pre-game, we volunteered for a bizarre job in the press box—like a scene from the Office, in a post-paper world, […]
I’ve noticed that most of my favorite people are morning persons. They love to get up with the sun and exercise or meditate or write. I’m a night-owl, and always have been, so beautiful mornings, for me, have been rare. That isn’t true. I’ve “shown up” to a lot of mornings. Just did a nightshift […]
This is a simple post with a simple intention for you on a Friday eve… eat more chocolate. Life is short. And maybe, among the vices, chocolate is the best sin for you. Better than gambling on horses. Chocolate Cinnamon and Almond Loaf Cake Adapted from Food and Wine 2 1/2 cups superfine almond meal […]
What a red letter weekend: my 34th birthday! I woke up to coffee and red roses and eggs benedict made by KP. Lately we have been sprinkling Pereg Hawai’j spice in our coffee, which adds a wintery warm spice flavor of cardamom, clove and ginger. Then I had a spa day at the Ritz downtown. […]
Our sweet bulldog is now half-blind. In a Shakespearean twist, her eyeball had to come out last Tuesday. She is adjusting like a champ. We are resorting to pirate costumes to adjust ourselves, but she is in much less pain now without the tumor that had invaded the eye, and so we are grateful. She […]
Thunder is shaking the house. The summer skies are darkened with heavy clouds full of water that just started spilling over onto the rooftops. I’m watching rain pelt the roof of the bright orange house next door and feeling grateful for all in life that serves to cover and shelter us. At times I am […]
The Fourth of July dazzled. We barbequed, the pool came to us in the heat (30 minute thundershower, thank heavens for pop up tents), and the chickens entertained a gaggle of toddlers. Everyone, chickens included, were well-fed. Lobster Cakes with Chipotle Lime Remoulade Adapted from an Ina Garten recipe 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided […]
Happy Birthday to my beautiful mother AND to my beautiful bulldog. This year they are the same age (adjusted for dog years). Izzy got her own chocolate-free version of a hidden heart Bundt cake featured in Beautiful Bundts by Julie Hession. Happy 9th, dear Izzy! She wasn’t very interested in the cookbook, but perked up […]