When Marriages and Toasters Were Built to Last
My favorite couple in 1953.
My parents are about to celebrate 58 years together, an anniversary also shared with one of their favorite wedding gifts, ...
Introducing Orienpet Lily: Garden Star — Va Va Va Voom!
My two-year-old stand of Satisfaction Orienpet lilies in late July
My days as a plant snob are over. There's room in my garden for both...
You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby…
My mother just turned 80, and the family was together to celebrate not only the milestone but the lovely woman who wears it so...
Winter Pear Salad: A Gifted Dish
The good, among the bad and the ugly of the refrigerator.
After the holidays, my refrigerator can resemble a food morgue with rows of Tupperware...
Resolution One: Err on the Side of Kindness
My alter ego, as captured by Iris Taboh
I'm not perfect, never will be, but the first day of each new year arrives at my...
Putting on the Dog in Coats of Tartan…
As if modeling for a Burberry ad, Boz and Gracie strike a pose.
My Mother is remarkably inventive and resourceful. I'd bet a week's wages...
Merry Christmas From My House to Yours
No white stuff this year, but I love recalling 2008, when a lush blanket of snow halted everything on the island but our laughter...
Boz the Bulldog and the Art of Begging
As I was finishing up my last-minute to-do list, Boz (beefy gymnast that he is) was preoccupied with scaling El Capitan kitchen chair,...
Happiness Is a Charlie Brown Christmas Tree
Watching A Charlie Brown Christmas was as much of a holiday tradition growing up as pulling taffy, baking sugar cookies and hanging stockings. First...
Recalling When Christmas Came to Vashon Island
The old place bedazzled by swags of C-9s.
I was revisiting some of my past Christmas posts, and stumbled upon the one that follows. While...
