Just back from a trip to Tanzania–amazing, life-changing, unforgettable. More animals than I’ve ever dreamed of, amazing vistas and views, Mt Kilimanjaro, the Serengeti (when the locals named it “endless plain,” they weren’t just kidding). I went hot-air ballooning,…
Calling all deaf Britons! It’s 4:30 am here in London, and I can’t sleep. So I turn on the TV, and what do I find? (You are bearing in mind that this is the land of 5, count ’em, five,…
The whole sad/happy saga will be told very soon. In the interim, do you recognize this face? Hmmm?
with Loretta, my friend at Pomegranates and Paper, who is a newish friend, writes a terrific blog, a great column in Cloth, Paper, Scissors, takes photos, creates art journals, and all kinds of other amazing things I can’t even begin…
. . . in 1933, Patrick Leigh Fermor woke up and decided to walk to Constantinople. He writes about this epic journey in A Time of Gifts (which is followed by Between the Woods and the Water). So far, it’s…
Don’t make many resolutions Buy stamps only online Start, continue, or finish intensive reading programs (recurring resolution) Keep a list of all books read (ditto, ditto) Travel like a madwoman* Keep up: my writing journal, my blog, my novel, and…
Happy New Year, everyone. I just typed a long post about the challenges of finding Southern food for New Year’s Day in Brooklyn. But it went off into the ether, and it wasn’t exciting enough to recreate. Herewith, a recipe,…
Today I bought the 15th anniversary edition of Martha Stewart Living. There are some good things in there, and I’ve clipped a few. Martha, you will not be surprised to learn, is going to bake a cake every month in…
. . . Mine will never be one. Having a hard time keeping up with . . . LIFE. I was in North Carolina for a few weeks, staying with my family because Mom was having a major operation. From…
In the hospital waiting room, endless waiting room, eternal waiting. Mom’s surgery began before 10:30 this morning,and now it’s 4:15 pm. When I call into the OR to find out how things are going, they say, cheerfully, she’s in surgery!…