Juniper is now eight months old and she’s developing faster that I can keep track of. She continues to poop in her potty, in fact, a couple times, she was trying very hard to tell me that she needed to poop, but I was too self involved in coking to stop and help her. Bad…

Great, great, great show at Land Art Gallery on Mississippi in PDX right now. I LOVED this show so much and it pains me that I’m making a conscious decision to let my “review” stand as just images with few words. I must shower and eat while the baby naps and my sleep deprived brain…

All made from old wool sweaters and other recycled knitwear. I have no idea when the show went up or when it’s coming down, but it was up there as of March 27, 2011. Jenna’s website

fried chicken and coleslaw cinnamon french toast made from homemade oat bran bread. Holy crap this was good Grilled cheese from homemade bread Chili Pork Schnitzel with chard and potato mash Brats with fried rice, coleslaw, grilled peppers Corn Chowder White bean, sausage, kale soup, homemade biscuits apple crepes at the Pig -n- Pancake in…

I have been going full-tilt with the gardening in the last week. I had a cubic yard of dirt delivered and that set all the wheels in motion. I built a bamboo fence in the backyard to keep Mississippi out of part of it so I can have a garden without her digging it up.…

I’ve been thinking a million miles an hour about my life, where it’s been, where it’s going, where it is now. And I wanted to make sure I try and remember this. So here’s a letter to myself: Follow joy, don’t take life too seriously because it’s a waste of energy. And that means art,…

I got a Groupon for an intro to glass blowing class at Elements Glass in NW Portland. It was more of a hands on demo that lasted 45 minutes and resulted in my getting to take home a glass float that I “helped” make. A great, fun little outing that was the perfect amount of…

Celeraic rosemary pear soup Beef Stroganoff with Kale Spicy miso ramen with chicken and broccoli Ribs with my spicy sweet rib rub, salad with goat cheese and pears, pear cinnamon balsamic vinegar from Benessere in SW Portland Beef stew with sweet potatoes and bok choy Chicken Pot Pie Pockets Croque Madame at Milo’s City Cafe…

Just as I sit down to write this, juniper is starting to wake. We’ll see how far I get. Between watching this amazing person take shape, reading Kristin hersh’s fantastic memoir, and finally unpacking my studio, I have been thinking so much about my own shaping. I ran into my old journals. So many of…

My First Corn Chowder. Delicious. Breakfast sandwich using the brioche buns I made Look at that silky brioche dough Burgers and tots with homemade brioche buns Look at them shine Kale in cream sauce with orichiette Oroblanco grapefruit Schnitzel, parsely potatoes, and peas. Kinda boring Post valentine’s dessert at Pix Patisserie. So ridiculously good Flank…

Kinda wish I’d bought this Thomas Kinkade Jigsaw Puzzle Bought ’em. $13 Little Gents Doll — Creapola Fonz glass. Woulda totally bought it but it was too much money Swingy — Totally bought it and am so in love with it. Comes with a record too. “Who’s the swinginest dolly? Davey Crockett plate. Juniper was…

I think we outdid ourselves this year. We made coq au vin and flourless chocolate cake.

Long ago in 1976 I don’t even know what to do with this. I couldn’t tell if it was a board game in a shoe box, or a board game about shoes. But 1976 was a very fairytale year, wasn’t it? Lion Bank I’ve gotten close to buying this on two occasions now. The lion…

We made a blackboard for the kitchen a few years back. I try to keep new drawings on it. Here’s what up right now: