I am happy to announce that I made my first sale on Etsy today!
Have you struggled with trying to legitimize your “art,” or calling yourself an “artist”? If you’re like me, you probably have. When I inquired about the possibility of having a little show at the restaurant where we’re having our wedding reception, I [...]

Today’s adventure is bread. Above is a giant rising dough ball for two loaves of whole wheat sandwich bread, based on Deborah Madison’s recipe in Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone, my bible, pretty much. The other loaf (yeah, I am making three loaves of bread today) is a part whole wheat boule utilizing the giant bunch [...]

The above greens are from my garden. The photo is from last week, but I picked more today, and planted some beets. It’s been in the 70s all day. Although I wouldn’t say I am growing to like it here, I am feeling good about certain aspects of rural living that I thought I could [...]

Here’s an excerpt from the manuscript I’m writing for a book of SAT vocabulary mnemonic comics.
punitive (PYOO-ni-tiv) adj.: involving punishment
Link: punitive…puny Tiff
Phrase: Puny Tiff had a punitive streak: although she was weak, she punished the meek.
Illustration note: A diminutive dominatrix whips a sniveling accountant.

The General called for punitive action against the opposing forces.
Though she was [...]

“Our sensitivity to our surroundings can be traced back to a troubling feature of human psychology: to the way we harbour within us many different selves, not all of which feel equally like ‘us,’ so much so that in certain moods, we can complain of having come adrift from what we judge to be our [...]

One thing I did not expect in Arizona (well, I didn’t expect much, in that I didn’t really know what to expect or anticipate, but that’s another complaint) was the cold, cold winter nights. Growing up in the east, on the shore, my only exposure to a desert clime was edited weekend broadcast television viewings [...]