From the monthly archives:

November 2006

Thanksgiving

November 23, 2006

Poem in Thanks Lord Whoever, thank you for this air I’m about to in- and exhale, this hutch in the woods, the wood for fire, the light-both lamp and the natural stuff of leaf-back, fern, and wing. For the piano, the shovel for ashes, the moth-gnawed blankets, the stone-cold water stone-cold: thank you. Thank you, [...]

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Random words, no photos

November 22, 2006

My parents arrived from Houston today. They’re asleep now in my office, also known as the guest room. My computer is also in my office. (Remember that; it becomes important later on.) I finished my first loaf of no-knead bread tonight. I took photos of much of the process, and the final result. As I [...]

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The thunder in us never dies

November 21, 2006

Shortly after noon, I walked toward the Market, staring up at a newly blue and chilly sky. Near Rachel the Pig, I watched tourists buy freshly-thrown fish. Christina arrived wearing sunglasses. We wound our way up Post Alley to a small Thai restaurant, warmed ourselves on tom ka gai, green curry and conversation. When we [...]

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Across the street

November 20, 2006

This is a photo I took yesterday from my front window, a photo not only of the sunset, but of the apartment across the street where my friend Janeen lives. No, not the apartment with the light on, but the one above it, the one that is dark. Janeen and her son moved into that [...]

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Stalking the local turkey

November 19, 2006

Last week, in my post about the 100-mile Thanksgiving Challenge, I wrote I’m sure we can find a local turkey. And then I set out to do so. Scratch that. I asked Paul to find us a local bird. Since moving to Seattle, we’ve bought our Thanksgiving birds from a few different grocery stores, all [...]

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Love apples

November 18, 2006

Anyone who doesn’t understand why the tomato is sometimes called ‘love apple’ has never taken a good look at a perfectly ripe heirloom tomato. Even if pomme d’amour was a misunderstanding of pomme de Moors, a perfect tomato is one sexy fruit. I picked up this rubenesque beauty at the U District Farmers Market this [...]

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Feline Friday: Uncertainty

November 17, 2006

After four months of being locked out of the kitchen, the McKittens didn’t know quite what to make of the open-door policy instituted last Saturday. After standing uncertainly at the door for several moments, Lyra slunk into the kitchen, belly almost to the floor, to sniff all that newness. Sasha sat at the door and [...]

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I gave my love a cherry…

November 16, 2006

No, that’s not right. Let’s try again. La la la la la… I bought our brand new kitchen a red enameled cast iron french/dutch oven that weighs about one stone… Well, it doesn’t scan, but it’s the truth. Yesterday, I gave into temptation and bought a red enameled round French oven. For the kitchen. Because [...]

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