“It seems to me that our three most basic needs for food, security and love art so mixed and mingled and entwined that we cannot straightly think of one without the others. So it happens that when I write of hunger, I am really writing about love.” -M.L.K. Fisher
*photo by my (very talented) friend, James De Leon
alright, i’m officially back. Not just back in the United States but back to more regular blogging habits. Now that I don’t have to find an internet cafe and pay for the use of a computer every time I want [...]
Let’s see… where did I leave you? In Thailand I believe. So now I want to give you the low-down on Malaysia since that is where we’ve been for the last month. And here’s how I plan to do it: food. Bet you didn’t see that coming…
After a month and a half in [...]
The other night I spoke to my best friend, Melissa, on the phone for two hours. The thing is, I’m not that into being on the phone. I’m a face-to-face kinda gal. Don’t get me wrong, I recognize when extended conversation is necessary and I love getting in touch with my dearest and saying [...]
Last time I was here (here being Silverton, OR, where Gavin grew up and where his folks still reside), Gavin’s dad was working very steadily on a new vegetable garden. Now, just a couple of months later, the garden has exploded into a lush, green and fruitful carnival of healthy, grown vegetable plants. Just [...]
Well, we pulled it off – the engagement party in a week. I learned a lot about what it takes to throw an elegant party for more than, say, 15 people. After our trip to the farmer’s market, I spent time compiling and creating recipes, preparing dishes, decorating, gardening, crafting party favors and making flower [...]
In the last month, we have spent one weekend in Tahoe, one week camping and three weeks doing an internship at StoneLake Farm. The weekend of the Summer Solstice (june 21) marked the end of our internship where, each day, we worked in their organic garden and cared for their [...]
written by Gavin
Producing the brew of the Gods (beer) has kind of consumed me lately. The sound of several billion yeast cells happily processing sugar to produce a delicious elixir, that perhaps has never been brewed before, never fails to tickle me pink. So being that it had been nearly a [...]
The sun has emerged here at StoneLake Farm and, oh, what a refreshing thing that is! Not that we’ve been anything short of content since we’ve arrived, the sunshine just presents broader possibilities – like reading in the meadow, scrambling down the creek, and washing our dirty socks&underwear.
Only after a morning of solid poop [...]
Food is a very big part of my life, and of Gavin’s life (thank goodness, otherwise I’m not sure how well this would work out…) so for my first food-themed post on this blog, I’m going to talk about campfire cooking… I hope you didn’t think us being in the [...]






