So much goodness

Sweet cantaloupe for breakfast, like golden crescent moons on our plates, and tonight a dinner party with our neighbors. Red wine by the glass full, thai noodles, chicken grilled to perfection. Laughter and unexpected ease. Our neighbors are amazing people. The kind of people I always wished I had as neighbors, but never believed really […]

Photo Friday: Portrait

Reaching

Tonight the room is supple with heat. On the kitchen counter, new red potatoes, yellow tomatoes, and a half-drunk bottle of bully hill wine—red and sweet. Outside, the dark ink of night pools up against window panes.
Since we moved to this hilltop, wild with poplar saplings and clover, I find myself thinking often of my […]