Olive You Tartine Bread

Blustered, we were, on the trip to the SF Bay Area this weekend. That is the best way to describe the windy dolldrums of Pooh weather smattering the ships in the harbor and blowing pedestrians up and down the slick, steep sidewalks of downtown. Where better to shelter from the storm than in the welcoming […]

Wedded Bliss

My eating:cooking ratio was wildly inverted this past weekend in Oakland/Berkeley, California. Almost all eating, no cooking. It was a beautiful weekend with family at the Berkeley City Club, whose pool is a splendor. For posterity, the highlights: Hogged the photo booth for most of the evening.   The famous pool was a fortress walled […]

A Visit to The Ohio State

For KP’s extended birthday and Labor Day weekend, I’ve been in Columbus, Ohio visiting my brother and his girlfriend. We have been given quite a tour, and it is hard not to love a university that so loves its Buckeyes that it turns into cookies:  So nice to see KP, since I’ve been gone for […]

Grand Lake Brewing

Always like to support local breweries, and this one in Grand Lake, Colorado, right outside of the Rocky Mountain National Park, was particularly good.  I would recommend Plaid Bastard and White Cap Hefeweizen.  Headed to Ouray, Colorado today for Marathon #23! 

St. John’s College Santa Fe, New Mexico

When I need to think, I run. When I cannot run more than two miles because the altitude here in Sante Fe is stingy with oxygen, I hike to think. I graduate from the SPU MFA Program in Creative Writing in a week, and I’m having a hard time thinking of my life without it. […]

Country View Estates in Hudson, Wisconsin

A hot weekend for a return to simplicity, but tranquility trumps humidity. KP and I went to relax at the Country View Estates B&B in Hudson, Wisconsin for our anniversary yesterday. We would Definitely go back. Our room had a fire place, a two-person jacuzzi (with built-in neck pillows!), no TV, no internet access, and […]

Almond Granola with Dried Fruit

While KP and I were hiking the South Downs Way in Sussex, we brought along this incredible granola that I stirred up from a recipe Mom sent. It was sooo easy, and it kept for the three weeks that we packed it along as a tasty treat. Since we’re back on the road again today […]

South Downs Way Grand Finale

What a thrilling journey, over 100 miles over the hills of Sussex and Hampshire! Only about an hour of rain over the whole walk…good thing we packed ponchos.       The Winchester Cathedral was a stunning finish. This morning we attended the church service and were blown away by the sound of the choir in the world’s longest […]

South Downs Way Day Six

  The people of Cocking, we learned after having sat eavesdropping on three hours of ruthless gossip, are awful. Spiteful petty lot of xenophobes, including the owners of our bnb, Moonlight Tea Cottage. Which was adorable, I have to admit.      And this elderberry sparkler is fantastic. Bury to Cocking. Well past the halfway point. Walked into Bignor […]