i knew from our friendship that you were Good when I took you as my lover and I’d already witnessed your unconditional love when you became my husband but seeing you as a father shine love so blindingly, brilliantly bright inspires me to be a better person like you always do Happy Father’s Day

Happy Mothers Day Bonzai Moms (and aspiring moms!) love, Waits

Last week I profiled a typical day in transit, to demonstrate that eating vegan, and eating healthy, is doable while on the go. But reaching your destination well fed is just the beginning – you still have to deal with dining while you’re there! So much of a vacation is experienced through food. But more [...]

Sucking down coffee while playing with Waits on the airport floor, early o’clock. It’s not too hard to find vegan food while traveling, but finding good vegan food . . . well, that’s another matter altogether. Leave it up to the fates and you’re at the will and whim of the airport – or worse [...]

I was raised reading Greek mythology to explain the progression of the seasons. To this day, I can’t eat a pomegranate without remembering Persephone. But I grew up in California, where “seasons” meant a change of 20º in either direction. Here in the pacific northwest the summer really means something, and the winter is all-consuming. [...]