artful explorations

life and stuff…

Coastal indolence

The view from my balcony last weekend. I heard the breeze, a barred owl hooting, chickens in the distance [...]

food

  • part of the haul from today's farmers market

Bounty

What DON'T you see in this picture? Tomatoes Woke up bright and early this morning, and went tomato-hunting. [...]

Chowdah

Clam chowder. Homemade deliciosity in about an hour. I am a weather-based cook. The minute I can see [...]

Nathan’s spaghetti sauce

Nathan's famous wild mushroom spaghetti sauce, with about two pounds of fresh-picked chanterelles, hot Italian sausage, ground beef, crisped [...]