Until a few weeks ago, it had been a while since I’d done any serious swimming. I first got into it in grad school, when I took a swim class with a fantastic coach in UC Berkeley’s gorgeous marble-decked pool. Learning to swim properly has been more useful than a lot of other things I [...]
Hi, friends. I ended up taking an unexpected break from just-for-fun blogging this summer, I suppose. There are several reasons for this, not the least of which is that I’ve been knee-deep in working on my forthcoming sewing book. I imagine that any of you who actually care about such things read The Coletterie already, [...]
For my birthday (a couple weeks ago now), Kenn and I decided to take a little drive to Cannon Beach. Being from southern California, the beach here is nothing like the beaches of my childhood, which were featureless but warm. Here in Oregon, the beaches are beautiful but freezing cold. Kenn wore the shirt I [...]
… or is it a butterfly bush? I’m not 100% sure. I’ve seen about 18434920 times more bees on it than I have butterflies. It seems to lure the big fat buzzy bumblebees like nothing else. Not that I’m complaining, bees are awesome. But if any of you other plant-lovers out there can set me [...]
Finally, I’m ready to show you our house! Check out part one for the before pictures, and part two for a few shots of the renovations in progress. These photos were taken just as we were moving in. The living room with its newly gleaming floors was painted in Benjamin Moore Whispering Spring. It’s a [...]
