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...
Eggnog Ice Cream: The Easiest Recipe Ever
Eggnog Ice Cream - About as easy (and delicious) as it gets!I've never met a doughy spatula, messy mixing bowl or sauce-covered whisk I...
ENTREES DES ARTISTES: Remembering Buzz
Portrait of Love: Buzz, grandson Isaac, and Karin
My life in this fine old farmhouse began several years ago, my arrival another chapter in its...
After the Storm: Two Days Lost, Two Days Found
Where there's a will there's a way: survival depends on hot coffee.
Mother Nature provided a reality check this week, dispatching an arctic storm that...
