10.6.2013

dear t, i didn't take any pictures at your party because we were so busy cooking : smoked oyster stuffed mushrooms; vegan squash gratin with walla walla onions; mashed potatoes with roasted celeriac and wild mushrooms; nutmeg swiss chard and fennel gratin; apple, celery, grape, and pecan salad; roasted apples and parsnips with truffle salt; mashed sweet potatoes with candied pecans; roasted peppers; multiple pumpkin and pecan pies; and a smoked and maple glazed ham fit for a king, raised by you. all produce save the potatoes, button mushrooms, and nuts was provided by friends' gardens. life is so good. you are so loved.
happy 30th darling.

10.4.2013

happy birthday bitches.           p.s. your birthdays almost killed me.

7.13.2013

this is the start of the first drive home in my third decade of life; which, by all accounts, overshadows the last decade like an owl does a field mouse. the thirties are so much better so far.

living a nomadic lifestyle through my twenties has cultivated a deep well of places i now consider home. every photo on this blog is a snapshot from the start, the middle, or end of my drive home, each time i drive home; home not being a specific place, but a collection of places that invoke the immutable permeating feeling of ease, comfort, warmth, and belonging.

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