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Hi friends, I've moved my blog over to Tumblr. We'll see how it goes! You can find me at pigletsandfishes.tumblr.com . Hope to see ...

Oscar Wilde and Walt Whitman may have had a liasion . 

Hello! It's been a few weeks! I've been busy...I guess? Sort of hunkered down, really, mostly cooking, and baking, and traveling. I...

My mama was here this past weekend! She and my dad each visit about twice a year (for elder-dog-care reasons, they almost never come togeth...

Oh my goodness, our friends' baby Pele is a wee little model for Pottery Barn Kids. She's on the right here ... And is a preciou...

Red Earth Farm  is owned and run by our friends Katie and Larry in the Sierra foothills, and it is a magical place. Katie and Larry are not...

We came home from Montreal with a dozen bottles of mustard, courtesy of a friend of the newlyweds who made a bottle for each wedding place...

Sometimes, at the end of a trip, all you can think about is your own home and your own bed. And sometimes, instead, you want to stay, maybe...

A really well-written recipe is a delight. It brings a freshness to the ingredients, an elegance to the preparation, a feeling of accompli...

Yesterday I got upgraded on my flight to Boston. It doesn't happen often, so usually I'm one of the horde shuffling to the back of ...

It's baby season! Or soon-to-be-baby season; right now I'm surrounded by pregnant ladies and their anxious partners. Yesterday I he...

I signed up for OhLife  - a daily email service that prompts you to share thoughts on your day - on the recommendation of Rachel of Erstwh...

You know how weekends can be full and lazy at the same time? That's how things have been going lately. It all started with Friday,  a g...

Last weekend I went to Palm Springs with Caitlin for a gathering called Yes by Yes Yes , an "unconference" for tech geeks, ...

Yesterday I said I was going to whip a  Chile-nectarine Smash when I got home, but it turned out that the nectarines I had were still cris...