I haven’t gone away completely. Working away on a new book project that I will tell you about soon. Scanning drawings, as in an old sketch of mango. Thinking about orchards, living in Big Sur, a blue bowl on my table. Much to do about memory, about making, creating, finding my rhythm in the kitchen, [...]

“If you wisely invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.” — Frank Lloyd Wright Last night I presented at Linden Tree, an uber cool event series held at Sagan Piechota Architecture, an equally fabulous space in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley. Linden Tree was conceived a few years ago, [...]

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake. ~Wallace Stevens After what seems like weeks of intermittent rain storms, gray weather, and spotty sunshine it is a pleasure to wake to the subtle warmth and promise of spring. There is much going on in my world–no surprise–and as the legacy of Nepenthe continues [...]