Sunday is fridge-cleaning day.  I come home from the grocery store, set bags on the floor, and get serious.  My fridge isn’t neat and tidy, everything in rows or airtight French canisters.  BUT I know what’s in there, and that helps me avoid wasting food. When I was going to an office every day, it [...]

All four of us were in the car by 7 am this morning, headed to Alki Beach.  First doughnuts (of course), then lots of glorious hours together before Loretta’s nap and I went to Jenni’s baby shower.  
We had Sunday Pizza on Saturday because Yancey’s on shift tomorrow.  He made dough, and when I got [...]

Bethany came down from Bellingham to spend the day with me.  She left with Baby Emmett (who’s not really a baby anymore) about an hour ago, and I miss her already.  She brought spring onions, rhubarb, and mint from her yard, and we met up at Volunteer Park with Naomi, Isaac, and Reggie.  I love [...]

Something more substantial today since you might be tired of nuts and spreads.  I’ve made these chickpeas at least four times in the last two months, but haven’t gotten around to posting about it. I found the first recipe on the The Wednesday Chef and then on a new blog called The Split Pea. [...]

Instructions for living a life:
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.
          –Mary Oliver, from the poem Sometimes
Last night, after a raucous dinner at Emily’s house, Emily, Rebecca, Jordan, Aimee, and I went to see Mary Oliver at Benaroya Hall.  I’ve been reading her poems for 20 years, so last night felt like meeting someone [...]