What can you do with a bong and two zip-ties? Repair a broken-down car in the middle of nowhere, that's what. Forget calling Nathan "The Resident Carpenter." After the zip-tie episode I'm now calling him "The Resident Genius." More about that later. Life is totally nuts right now. We've been getting ready for Nathan's Big Show--he's a headliner at [...]
What DON'T you see in this picture? Tomatoes Woke up bright and early this morning, and went tomato-hunting. The heady, bursty scent of field-ripened tomatoes sends me to lycopene overload; five seconds later I'm making Pavlov's dogs look like dried-up, bored Long Island debutantes. Those overgassed spheres of cellulose masquerading as tomatoes in the store? Pffffffffft. They might [...]
The Camo Cleaver, commissioned for an outdoor chef. Resin and copper handle. Its mates will be for sale in the upcoming Portland Open Studios tour... A friend asked if I've stopped blogging entirely. "I used to read you with my morning coffee," she said, with a meaningful look, "It was a nice start to the day." "My coffee [...]
