Doves Today

Pinatas for sale We took another trip to the Mercado Olympic, the totally unofficial weekend gathering of food stands in downtown Los An...

You can't please everyone, so you got to please yourself . . .

Visit Derfwad Manor for my guest post about the joys of phở.

Amanda deserves flowers A woman just came into our office reception area from the park. "Do you hear that?" she asked. "D...

I think I first had soon tofu  in a modest little joint in a college town, years ago. It was a hot soupy stew with chunks of tofu in it. ...

Seamus and Lola, Jack's best friends.

A little too comfortable. I came into the living room to find Jack curled up comfortably on the couch, a pillow behind his head. He felt...

Click to "embiggen" This morning the coastal fog fills our canyon, but the sun breaks through - it's like the whole green...

Finally! Some spring flowers! This has been a weird spring; a weird year. Drought, seemingly endless. Hot days in January. Cold days ...