Archive for: September 2010

Foraging the Lagoon

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No sooner had we stepped foot on the island, than we walked up the dock, dumped our bags in the car, and the niecelets, their grandma (hi, mom), and I walked down to the lagoon. It was low tide and time to explore. Because who wouldn’t want to explore a… Read More

Throwing Your Hat into the Ring

In the early part of this year, I missed applying for two very cool things. One was an award I didn’t think I’d win, even though a friend had sent me the application and urged me to apply. The second was a fellowship that scared me in its utter amazing-ness…. Read More

Field Trip to a Canadian Island

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Have you ever wanted to fly to a small Canadian island in an even smaller float plane? Of all the experiences in life, this is not a bad one to chalk off your list. I suppose you’re sitting at a computer right now, so I’ll make you a deal: here’s… Read More

Oven-dried Tomatoes: Worth a Trip

First, a note: Thanks for the kind emails I’ve received from some of you. Life’s coming at me hard and fast but I’ll have news soon. At the moment, I have tomatoes. I hope you’ll take them as a fair exchange. Trust me when I tell you that they are… Read More