Hot and steamy.In true New England fashion, we have skipped from winter to summer, and as Joey said it so well this morning as he clung to his cup of coffee with a visible desperation that it would open his eyes enough to get to school, “it’s hard to go back to spring after this…
Archives for May 2011
why i plant marigolds
The spring of my junior year at St. John’s in Santa Fe, I moved into a little house with my friend, Eilen. We had lived together before in a big house filled with cranky roommates and lots of conflict, and we were eager to set up on our own where we could cook and sing…
rhubarb pop-tarts
This weekend, we made a video. The thought of this has been hanging around for a while now, between my wonderful agent (who I do my best not to disappoint) and my also wonderful publisher (who, also, I do my best not to disappoint), everyone was excited for a video. This has been one of…
scrambled eggs with morels and violets
Morels are all over New England right now. Some people have secret places to find them, but a search in the woods might reveal a little city of perfect caps. Make sure that the morels are are not false morels–there is a good description of both here. Soak the mushrooms in salt water to clean…
what rosie found
Rosie finds the most amazing things. Her eyes are different than ours–we can look all over the house for something that we have lost, and then it is always Rosie who finds it. “Yup,” she says. “I’m a good finder.” In the woods, she is always lagging behind, and when she finally catches up, she…