~icebox pickle~
Saturday, June 29th, 2013When a fella gives you his homegrown Japanese cuke for your birthday, you are beholden to finally make your first icebox pickle. Recipe adapted from Smitten Kitchen.
When a fella gives you his homegrown Japanese cuke for your birthday, you are beholden to finally make your first icebox pickle. Recipe adapted from Smitten Kitchen.
At the flea marché we found this Kashmiri shawl, likely made in a Himalayan village. The hand-stitched crewel work is called Aari and the technique dates from the 12th century. A vendor a few booths down the row walked over while Ali and I were debating to say it “expressed my inner effervescence and delight” […]
Taking a twilight break in the midst of a 10 day/474 page edit, we met this Rustic Sphinx Moth (Manduca rustica) as it emerged from its pupating burrow beneath the Lion’s Tail plant in my mother’s garden. It crawled unsteadily along the ground and into the branches where I caught it waiting for its wings […]
Los Vagabondos began their summer tour in the company of friends old and new: some who enjoy a constitutional, others who prefer nibbling slippers.
Since I left my childhood house 26 years ago I’ve moved 21 times, across countries and continents. Until we land next: ¡Viva los Vagabondos!