[Lunch, January 2009.]
In these early days of the baby year anything is possible. I swear the sun shines brighter and the waves crash and beat against the rocks with more force — last night, the sun sank down under the horizon into the sea in a flaming brilliance I have never quite seen before; the [...]

and the New Year: Fresh Greek with a San Francisco Twist

Pretty much all I ever do is dream about when I’ll get back to Greece. Well, perhaps that’s not entirely true — I do think about story ideas and what to make for breakfast the next morning when I have friends staying over or [...]

[Sun at South Salmon Creek, December 2008.]
Yesterday — Boxing Day — we went to the beach and the coast stretched out before us, still and shining as it tends to be in winter. It was very cold and with a fresh wind; my nose and hands were numb by the time we turned [...]

[My tree, December 2008.]
But that was not the same snow,” I say. “Our snow was not only shaken from white wash buckets down the sky, it came shawling out of the ground and swam and drifted out of the arms and hands and bodies of the trees; snow grew overnight on the roofs of the [...]

My bags are packed, my presents organized (if not wrapped), the holiday packages mailed and hopefully already received, my new year’s eve party plans in full swing, and if I am still sort of sick and coughing well, at least there’s peppermint ice cream.
Oh, peppermint ice cream I wait all year long for you because [...]