sniff sniff

We'll all find our way. Some by hearts. Some by our nose!

tranquil

verdant green. supple wood. flowing water.

shoot 11/13

Laumeier. It went well. I might like shooting people as well as baked goods.

blurred

“Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves … Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.”

Ranier Maria Rilke

sunset

This is the best I could do. It was breathtaking last night.

Btw I apparently missed October. It was a good one, tiring but good.

birthday#2

warm soft banana bread. crunchy topping. a little hard work. and sweet rewards.

a little joy

dreary sunday night needs a little sparkle.

good times

little one.

breakfast#2

chocolate chip banana bread, iced cold pressed french roast and polish sausage, corn, green bean and pepper hash, topped with a poached egg...anyway you look at it...yes.





what did you have this morning?

yellow

before and after. tomato, bacon and feta quiche. flaky crust. delicious.

busy

tres leches cake. always begin with the end in mind. let it rule each action.

breakfast#1

poached egg and bacon from the farm down the street, add pasta and pepper.
so satisfying.

Knowledge

I have a weakness. For bacon.

Uma

I believe in love because of this little girl.

summer

distilled summer flavor.
bacon fat roasted tomatoes.
all from the farm down the road.
i love jars.

one thing leads to another

I turned this...


into this!

I love that the food that isn't pretty or fancy often becomes the most satisfying meals you'll ever have.

Bounty

I've been thinking about how lucky I am to have access to so much bounty.

Laughter

"Are you not willing to have some parts of you be sponged out, erased, canceled, nothing? If not, you will never really change."
D.H. Lawrence

The person who was me in this photo does not exist anymore. All the experiences, anguishing adolescence and pure joy you can see in her face have made me the person I am at this moment. I long for the laughter that made me at home in the past but know that I can never go back. Real change. Its hard to look at a past that seems so far away.

a day to be in love...

I love Wednesdays.

Its produce day at the international market across from my job. I love to head inside and breath in the produce department. Kale is always the first thing that grabs me. Any kind of fruit or root too! Bright colors and such possibility of flavor. Every week I shop and run home in anticipation. But only after...

Beer school! Cicero's Italian Restaurant (http://ciceros-stl.com/) here in St. Louis puts on an hour long tasting and information session with different breweries. Its fun and informative. And its a great way to keep learning about beer.

Then I get to make my home, get into my family's sunny little kitchen and make something delicious for the people I love. Joy in the simple is what I strive for!

BurnsBrightly

We learn the most about ourselves when we truly let go and be in our bodies.

Freedom within the fire is my time to express myself.

Live in each moment as it comes, then let it go.

Spring 09

to do:
eat more veggies
train the puppy
run on trails
go to CO
buy a car
take a roadtrip
camp!!