December 2, 2021

  Years ago, I wisely gifted visiting friends the large, stainless steel mandoline I had received years earlier as a wedding present. (I wrote “I received” instead of “we received ” because my beloved isn’t a cook.) “You want me to just take it? It’s beautiful. Almost new.” Zanthe exclaimed. “That sharp blade, my brain,” […]

  It’s raining. People think it’s always raining in Portland, but that’s not true. We have lots of moisture in the air more than 150 days a year. But it’s not always rain, like the kind for which you might use an umbrella. Right now, however, it’s coming down in My mom arrived yesterday afternoon