Thanks everyone for all the support!  It helps tremendously!  I will be posting more regularly now. The last 10 days or so I have been hidin...

I came home from a pleasant day spent teaching a workshop and an evening with MJ . As I pulled up to my hillside Victorian in Vallejo I noti...

I am a collector. It's in my nature.  I appreciate old and worn things, throw away things, miniature things, things that tell a story, t...

Made kiwifruit jam with a hint of mint. It turned out beautifully! I had reservations about making a tropical fruit preserve, but the tangy ...

A random sampling of my life in pictures over the last year.

My picture for today is of a fox I met this afternoon at Ardenwood Farm . I've been going to this farm since I was a child, picnicking ...

The New Year is a time when change can be a welcomed thing. With 2009 comes the opportunity to create new traditions and maybe change my rou...