Sunday Evening Comforts of Home

Thanks for all who expressed concern in tweets or comments below — we felt no earthquake here, and for now, the only tsunami’s the one that blew through in the form of houseguests — a…

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Paris vs. West Coast Island*

Scrolling through my photos to find the delicious shoes for Wednesday’s post, I was momentarily arrested by this shot — brought back to the Paris trottoir where I’d looked up to recognize the more urban, and…

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Harvest Time in the Garden . . .

A bit of foreshadowing — red hiding among the green foliage on the Scarlet Runner climbing the teepee frame in our back garden. On the back deck, a row of tomato plants looking discouragingly, unremittingly,…

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Island Paddling

 Whoops! Someone, quick, tell Kristin to cover her eyes . . . . She had a recent misadventure of the paddling sort, and the trauma is too recent for her to see this post. The…

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Summer Dates, August Weddings

While I’ve been writing about Fava Bean Recipes  and Navy Cashmere Sweaters and Churches in France and Chainsawed Beach Furniture, two dates have been creeping closer and closer. One is the date on which my colleagues and I…

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