Apples from Roberto’s on the High Road to Taos, pinto beans from Chama, atole (fine-ground blue cornmeal) from Chimayó and dried red Hatch chiles….
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Blanco River Canyon
Camped here between fishing the Brazos Box in Chama and the Uncompaghre near Ouray. Thunder and lightning half the night, but the tent stayed dry. And the cows were impressed….
Fall in New Mexico
Mendocino Coast
If I could wave a magic wand, I would live in Mendocino. There’s just something about that stretch of coast—the high, wild cliffs, the secret beaches and coves, the cedars trailing their long, elegant branches through the fog, a sunny morning like a surprise visitor turning everything to gold. I love the old clapboard whalers’Continue reading “Mendocino Coast”
Campfire Fish Tacos
Just got back from a great, quick trip to the Mendocino area to escape the smoke. I’ll sort through my photos and post a trip report tomorrow, but for tonight it’s this quick hit: a serendipitous recipe for fish tacos I came up with on my last coastal camping trip and repeated this time withContinue reading “Campfire Fish Tacos”
Perfection
This is an essay I wrote two years ago as a thank-you to my dear friends Eric & Vicky, who gave Malena, Hyunsuk, and me their reservations for a temple-stay weekend with the Buddhist nun and chef Jeong Kwan at Baekyangsa Temple in Jeollanam-do, South Korea. LCO “…this Body itself is Emptiness and Emptiness itselfContinue reading “Perfection”
Wright’s Beach
Every year for the last couple of years my friend Steph and I have come out to the CA coast in the summer and stayed at Wright’s Beach campground (actually one year we stayed at Bodega Dunes down the road). We mostly like to sit on the beach and stare at the water, but weContinue reading “Wright’s Beach”
SFO Botanical Garden Photos
A couple weekends ago, I escaped the heat and wildfire smoke with a group of girlfriends. We spent a deliciously cool couple of days in SFO’s Japantown, staying at the Kabuki and getting a year’s worth of dead skin cells scrubbed off across the street at Pearl Spa. Appetite piqued, we ambled through Japan CenterContinue reading “SFO Botanical Garden Photos”
The Rookery 