I like growing and cooking delicious food, playing music, meeting people both near and far, digging into the murky past, then, writing about it all. It’s like doing it twice.
Como Lake Milkweed Pods Waiting for Monarchs
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I’ve been a professional musician most of my life and have incorporated writing, historical research, urban agriculture and technology into my repertoire. I write on a free range of topics, some stories have evolved into books ! Take a look around, buy some books if you like. Interested in Mobile Apps or Marketing? Checkout my biz.
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Summer of ’18 First Harvest
Been a fairly good year in the gardens. I tried a lot of new varieties this year and was amazed with their success, in spite of the sporadic drought and deluge. I want to talk about some plants that I’ve already eaten. Garlic A perennial favorite. This year marked the 15th year I’ve been cultivating my …
White Pine and Blacktop
This morning the stillnes of the neighborhood was violated by the rumble of large trucks and chain saws. It was as if someone had thrown a brick through a plate glass window. The crew scaled the majestic White Pine and dangling on the ropes like an aerial circus act began whittling away at the branches. …
Gravlax
Gravlax is so succulent and wonderful that even squeamish folks who wouldn’t eat sashimi love it. I personally enjoy the fatty fish from Norwegian farms. It melts in your mouth. A Norwegian native friend, Anne, showed me how to prepare it as it’s done at home. Of course there was no recipe ( written that …