I had a delicious Asian pear for my afternoon snack yesterday. And there’s plenty more where that came from! I think the next step is to resurrect the “countertop ice cream” making from previous summers. Asian pear was the perfect base for those; then I’d add any kind of flavorings–jams, liqueurs, botanicals–quick-freeze, and enjoy! Might […]

I seem to be waking up earlier all of a sudden. And, in an astonishing coincidence, falling asleep earlier. In part, it was deliberate–Mark has a much earlier natural sleep schedule than me, and we were getting rather out of sync, so I was trying to shift it.* But mostly it’s just sort of happening.

You know I am an editor too, as well as being a writer. The editor-part of me is newer, but no less exciting…especially when I can tell you about the magnificent books that I get to acquire! Here is one of them. (cover art before all the type got put on, being as how I

We rode All Those Miles today, and actually enjoyed ourselves! In fact, it was a little surprising. We’d psyched ourselves up (or out) so thoroughly, and prepared, and all…we found ourselves on the ride going, Wow, are we at this bridge already? Are we DONE already? The biggest surprise was the approach to St. John’s.

So it turns out tomorrow’s ride may be bigger than ever…it’s 33 miles, and we did 40 miles on Thursday, when we went to Boring; but, we have to ride 4 miles to get to the starting line, and then of course 4 more miles to get home after the finish line; so, because math,

Well, we did it: we rode our bikes all the way out the Springwater Corridor Trail today, to Boring, Oregon! It was a lovely ride; something just over 42 miles, I think. Oddly, the hardest part was in the middle. The trail feels flat, but it must be a verrrrrrrry slight incline in the eastbound

We bought some salmon. (wild-caught Copper River sockeye, if I remember correctly.) Mark always makes the salmon, and it’s always delicious, and who wants to mess with that? Except, I’m so totally loving the barbecuing these days. So…I had this recipe, that I’d never tried, for “smoked” salmon on the grill–utilizing mesquite chips, and putting

In view of this THIRTY-THREE-MILE BIKE RIDE we’ve somehow signed up for THIS SUNDAY, we took a long ride today. Yes! That’s right, we chose the hottest day in weeks to get on our bikes at 11am and ride for hours. We took the Springwater Corridor Trail, and rode about two-thirds of the way to

I can’t resist: I just have to show you pictures of my OTHER lantana plant, in full and lush bloom…the flowers look like candy! I love how the flowers come in so many different colors on this one. Including orange. I wish OUR pernicious weeds were half so gorgeous. In other news…wow, it’s been hot

Sent out Many Many Many wedding invitations today. Still have a handful for which we are hunting up addresses, but the vast majority are out. Already have two RSVP’s, from the ones we sent out earlier this week! Yes, what a relief, all my parents are coming. 🙂 Now let’s see how many other people