hooray for grown-up furniture

The best thing about finally setting up the kitchen, eating meals at home and living in a house that is actually large enough to...

an explanation

One morning the rain stopped just long enough for us to go hiking. The plants were very green. There were mushrooms growing on the...

under seige

We have swallows at the winery.A whole lot of swallows.And every year when they come back to nest, it's like a scene straight out...

ultra-premium cat food is not enough

Apparently, I am doing something horrible as a cat parent.Because Meep's latest favorite activity is opening the broiler and crawling...

dining out

We still haven't unpacked the kitchen.Which means we've been dining out or ordering delivery every single day for the past week....

I heart veggies

No, Homer, you do make friends with salad.Take today, for instance. I took a writer out to lunch at Mustards, where we started our...

settling down

I was doing so well with my posts, and then I went to Montana on March 27 and became completely engulfed in My Brother's Wedding....