Since we moved to Delaware, looking at houses has become sort of an obsession of mine. It didn’t help when I realized how close we are here to Maryland, and beautiful Fair Hill with its horse farms and farm farms. … Continue reading
So, we recently moved to Delaware, into what we are lovingly calling “the smallest apartment in the world”. We wanted to put something sheer over our windows, not to block out the beautiful natural light, but to block the view … Continue reading
I came upon the most unexpected of surprises yesterday on a trip to Philadelphia for a vintage flea market shopping spree. The flea market itself was not especially amazing, mostly because it had poured rain all morning, and was threatening … Continue reading
So my recent trip to Idaho had me reminiscing about the last occasion I had reason to be in Idaho: a beautiful lakeside wedding in the Sawtooth mountains. It was quite a drive from Albuquerque. Maybe it shouldn’t have taken … Continue reading
Okay, so I took a class last summer at Sunstone Herb Farm in Albuquerque on fermentation. It was actually called something like the lacto-fermentation workshop, and silly me, I thought it was going to be about cheese making. Well, it … Continue reading
Our cross country trip to deliver my dad’s old car to my brother was marked more by what we did not see then what we did: the RV Museum, the Corn Palace, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s house, the famous biker city … Continue reading
Carnac is on the south coast of Brittany in France. I would have probably liked to go visit the sleepy-looking coastal town just for that reason alone, but it was the town’s megalithic stones that really grabbed our attention. The … Continue reading
From the Chartres Cathedral in France, we headed southwest by car. We were excited to visit Broceliande in Paimpont, the remains of a primeval forest of Brittany… and haunt of Merlin. Yes, the Merlin. King Arthur, Knights of Camelot, all … Continue reading
1. The people. My first week in Albuquerque I was invited to a weekly brunch by a coworker I had just met. She invites everyone, and figures that if they’re meant to be friends … Continue reading
Last year, for our anniversary, we decided to go to Roswell, New Mexico. Yes, Roswell. Kevin and I have a tradition of going to weird places on our anniversary, like a tour of Philadelphia’s City Hall, and this year (more … Continue reading
Inspirations and Explorations 