Month: January 2023

To market, to market

To market, to market

December had me inside, making slow food like stews and yeasty dishes. It also had me looking, sampling, and exploring the great indoors. Indoors as in markets and food halls, those places where you can travel all around the world under one roof. Over two 

Paths

Paths

A dozen years ago, I went to an art show that changed my life. A new friend, who had patiently washed sushi rice 5-10 times to my precise specifications (a story for another day), invited me to join her and two of her friends to 

Epistle from the Black Garden

Epistle from the Black Garden


Intentional.

To kick off the new year, my friends at PostScript asked me to be their guest writer for their lovely blog, In the Loop. This month’s theme is coffee but I was encouraged to write about anything so I did both.



A place of rest, curiosity, and creativity



Choosing this year’s Black Garden companions



Research on current project



If you’re interested in the post, it’s here. Don’t forget the coffee!

Fairy Tales

Fairy Tales

Like most people, the fairy tales read to me were the mostly sweet versions. Sure, women were hexed by nefarious enemies, harassed by wicked step-relatives, or resigned to a permanent dormant state with the bite of a crimson apple. Overall, though, they ended with our