My City by the Bay (+ Mixed-Berry Muffins)

12 January 2012

[San Francisco at dusk, January 2012.] The other night after work I walked home because I’d sat still all day and my legs were twitching to move through the cool clear almost-dark. It was sort of a last-minute decision; I was waiting for the light to change on my way to the bus, looked over [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Along the Coast in Fog and Sun

11 January 2012
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The Old and the New

6 January 2012

[Vegan flourless peanut butter cookies, December 2011.] Oh, I mean to write about these cookies before Christmas. They were set to be offered up as a beautiful alternative (or addition?) to the holiday cookie bundle: to dip delicately in a cup of tea sipped before the fire, to give away to best beloveds (or new [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Bodega Head, Dec. 25, 2011

4 January 2012
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The Last Friday of the Year

30 December 2011

[This morning, December 2011.] December 30th. We are tiptoeing up to the edge of the year and peering over its edge into the unknown. I’m slowly sipping my last Hardcore Espresso coffee for awhile — to savor it, you know — after my last swim of 2011, with my feet tucked into the blankets to [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: September-December 2011

28 December 2011
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