• On the whataboutmeeeees!

    About a year ago, my wonderfully crafty sister, Jill, made us this awesome “Family Rules” board. She laid down the strips of paper and stenciled in the top, leaving the rest of it blank for Rob and me to fill in with a few pithy gems. It was quite a…

  • On The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred

    Cafe Condesa in Antigua, Guatemala is one of my favorite places in the world. I loved sitting in their tranquil garden, sipping my cafe con leche, and dreaming. In my dream, I roamed the cobblestone streets of the city, taking in the lovely iglesias, marveling at the brightly colored textiles,…

  • On Taking Some Time to Smell the Seaweed

    I have a great excuse for missing my last two blog posts. This is where I spent the last 4 days: This was the view from our cabin on the lovely Catalina Island. Not too shabby, eh? And believe it or not, places actually do exist where there is no…

  • On Tuesday: When it Rains, it Pours.

    So it rained at our house yesterday. In June. Just the day before, it was 95 degrees. Maybe for those of you in more tropical climates, this wouldn’t be unusual, but for us here in Central California, it was WEIRD. And you might think that I would have been relieved…

  • On The Bunyans

    Family Vacation. Unlike the Hollywood portrayal, our vacations have not yet included hotel robberies, assaulting a moose named Wally, or off-roading in the beloved Family Truckster. (Although I will say that if ‘ol Sparky was planning a road trip in 2012, he would surely be driving something that resembles our…