Music and Cats

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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 a new […]

When it comes to buying and eating locally, I live in an almost perfect world. The many small farmers, ranchers and fishermen in the Puget Sound area coax an abundance of delicious food from its soil and waters. Our house is only 3 1/2 miles from my favorite source for that bounty: the Ballard Farmers’ […]

Just a little neighborhood activism.

In my grandmother’s kitchen, a ceramic elf girl stood on the windowsill above the sink. At night, Bubba said, she came alive to clean the kitchen while we slept. Although we tried, we never caught her at it.
Tonight, I returned our elf to our kitchen, giving him a place of honor on the new windowsill […]

Save for some tiling and painting that we will be doing, our kitchen is finished. Yesterday morning, I took a few photos, to document that it was once pristine and (almost) perfect. Then we began reclaiming the space, slowly filling drawers and shelves with cookware and dishes. I went to the grocery store to pick […]