Posts tagged as: seasonal

Photos From The Farmers Market: Kicking Off The 2011 FarMar Season

April 11th, 2011 - posted under: The Food » Food and Health

Can we talk about how happy I am right now? My beautiful, inspiring, beloved – my muse – my dearest Farmers Market, is back open for spring. And I don’t think any combination of flowery adjectives, any number of emphatic exclamation points, could possibly properly express how completely enchanted I am! Last year was the [...]

Guest Post: Small Space Sustenance – 5 Foods for Your Apartment Garden

February 23rd, 2011 - posted under: Furthermore » Guest Bloggers

Planting season is right around the corner (whether you know it by the weather or not!) and all my farmer friends are just itching to get out in the yard and *dig*! But like I always say, you don’t need a lot of space – or any outside space at all – to grow your [...]

Treasures From The Farmers Market 2010

January 12th, 2011 - posted under: The Food » Food and Health

This is what my kitchen looks like Saturday afternoon, midsummer. Heaven! I’ve written a lot about my adventures at the Farmer’s Market this year, and I’ve often referenced the ‘game’ that D and I always play. We make it our mission each and every week to find at least one *special* item amidst the many. [...]

Photos From The Farmers Market: The Final Days Of FarMar 2010

January 10th, 2011 - posted under: The Food » Food and Health

“To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place . . . I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.” ~ Elliott Erwitt My beloved market has gone into hibernation. It’s near freezing [...]

Pondering Darkness

December 20th, 2010 - posted under: Furthermore » Inspiration

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. [...]