This morning on a rainy-grey walk, I followed an ink-black squirrel through the woods until it held still long enough for me to get a single blurry photo of it, and then it vanished with a flick into bracken and shadows. Black squirrels are not unheard of, of course, but they're rare enough to make … Continue reading Small Magic
Category: Miscellany
There Once Was a Pie from Nantucket
My friend Megan brought this pie to the first Friendsgiving Dinner we hosted in our Chicago apartment when I was in law school. "I'm making my mom's cranberry-nut pie!" she told me, and I said, "Great!" and then got off the phone and said to Bill, "Cranberry-nut pie? I think I should probably make a … Continue reading There Once Was a Pie from Nantucket
Renovation
Oh, hello there. I didn't see you come in. Welcome to my website! We're still refurbishing the place, so never mind the boxes and the dropcloths. You're welcome to poke around if you like. Or you can just pull up a box and wait. I'm sure there will be something to see pretty soon.