Just noticed that the EWG published this past March a new ranking for pesticides in 47 of America’s most common fruits and vegetables. Avocados and onion rank at the bottom of the list (for having the lowest pesticide load).  That’s not to say it’s not a good thing to buy organic avos, or onions, or [...]

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With an airy, open plan, high bar, sleek kitchen, private patio and sunny windows, our house was designed in 1981 as a super-hip bachelor pad.  Nearly thirty years later, it’s now a cozy house for a family of four. The living space is located on the second level of the house.  With the kitchen, the [...]

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In you, little flower, I see an orange.  A Valencia, according to the tag wrapped around your mother tree when I brought it home from Wabash.  Until then, I will be grateful for your beauty and scent.

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I’m nauseous from the effort, but the smile on his face was worth it.  Out of some wire and fabric, today I made David the butterfly costume he has been wanting for weeks. The back includes antennae.  It’s tied on like a mei tai, comfortable and tough enough for running around. Carmen requested wings like [...]

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Our friend Ike is coming to visit.  It’s been a beautiful morning, with an unseasonably cool breeze from the north.  Traffic is light, and the sounds of the city are subdued, like a late Sunday morning.  Someone down the street is hammering plywood over their windows.  The center of the hurricane is poised to pass [...]

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After a week of rainy days, new little flowers. I have a picture from the George Ranch in this blog somewhere with the same blue flowers labeled by someone in the comments . . . and I can’t find it.  I’ve spent something like a half hour looking. Can’t remember what these flowers are called, [...]

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