This is the time of year when we often get the chance to talk about things we’re grateful for. Do you have a regular gratitude practice otherwise? Or is counting your blessings a seasonal novelty like cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie? Years ago I started a practice of writing down good things that had happened [...]
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Friday Things Considered: The Thanksgiving Edition
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Friday Things Considered: The ARTful Edition
When we were young and broke it was a challenge to fill our empty walls with something more than inexpensive framed posters. We actually rented our first piece of original art through a rent-to-buy program at the Oakland Museum. That program has since been discontinued (though SFMOMA still runs one), but I’m grateful that it [...]
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Tagged art, art collecting, design, Lou Reed, Love, needlepoint, priorities, quilting, Thanksgivvukah, writing advice
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Beyond Bread and Butter
On the day my keys went missing I tried out two hearty fall recipes. The first was a savory panade made from layers of buttered cabbage and rye bread and gruyere cheese. It’s a dish meant for Swiss peasant farmers or snowboarders or anyone coming in from the cold. The second was a bread pudding [...]
Friday Things Considered: The Baby Steps Edition
I’m looking forward to a fun, full weekend that’s kicking off with a co-ed baby shower for two recently married men adopting their second child. The happy couple are part of my Mormon church congregation and we’re gathering to celebrate their new addition. Yep. You read right. A group of Mormons are hosting a baby [...]
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Friday Things Considered: The Autumn Equinox Edition
On this week of the fall equinox I’ve been spending time getting ready to host a baby shower for a young friend. Other friends are bringing the food which means I’ve been able to focus my party prep on my home and garden. Early in the week, feeling very Mrs. Dalloway-esque, I headed to my [...]
Friday Things Considered: The Ugly Nail Polish Edition
How does something ugly become a thing of beauty? Take the popularity of this bruise-like grey/purple/green nail color from Essie called “For the Twill of It.” (Don’t you just love nail polish names?) The shimmery black shade evokes beetle exoskeletons, fish scales and bat wings–perfect for Halloween but how about early September? I decided to [...]
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Saving the America’s Cup Playground
The America’s Cup finals are happening here in San Francisco just as the fog’s rolled out and the warm weather’s rolled in. Boats of all shapes and sizes cut across the Bay this afternoon like kids playing tag on a September playground. While the hi-tech racing catamarans were docked for the day—races resume tomorrow—a splashy lineup [...]
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Friday Things Considered: The Blue China Edition
“I find it harder and harder to live up to my blue china.”—Oscar Wilde I was reminded of Wilde’s blue china quote last week when we took in Cal Shakes production of “Lady Windermere’s Fan“ (through Sept.8.) The play is charming, acted with great aplomb. And the sumptuous period sets by Annie Smart were glorious out in [...]
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Packing List
I’m packing for my niece’s wedding back in Idaho and making a list of all the things besides clothes that I need to bring along – the wedding gift, cords for my kindle/iphone/camera, the book I borrowed from my sister-in-law and maybe a jar of the August Bright nectarine jam I made a few weeks [...]
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Friday Things Considered: The Bee Problem Edition
I feel bad about the bees. You’ve probably heard that they’re dying inexplicably (no? then read this story.) The bee-pocalypse means not only less honey but also diminished pollination which effects many crops including almonds, avocados, blueberries, cherries, grapes, peanuts, onions and even cotton. How can this beeeeeee? And even more importantly, what can we [...]
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