At this exact moment in time, I am eating the most delicious thing I could conceive of. Yes, it's homemade, and yes, I am touting my culinary skills!

On the menu for today's lunch:

Goat cheese omelet made with organic eggs, homegrown hot green pepper, fennel seeds and rosemary, served with an arugula salad (courtesy of our CSA program) with apple cider vinegar and ground flax seed dressing, and a variety of homegrown cherry tomatoes.

I. Am. In. Heaven. :-)

I'm Baaaaack

well, not really.
sorta.
kinda.
It's exactly 30 days to our wedding and all I want to do is quit my job.
Here's a photo of the ocean just south of Arcata.

Guess which one is my sweetie?

Nancy and John got married

Secret Project aka "paper maniac"!

This is all I can tell you about a secret project that has been taking up ALL my time for the past two days. That, and I LOVE InDesign.

'Nuff said.. Photo courtesy of StumbleUpon

aw sad...

Photo: taken by Athena Reich in Sheep's Meadow, Central Park, on Memorial Day 2008.

This week I bid a very sad farewell to my best friend in NYC, Kristen, as she packed her bags and moved on down the road to Austin. TEXAS>?! Who moves to Texas?? At least it's Austin, a place I will be more than happy to visit, especially in March and September ;-) I know she will be happy there too, with the quality of living being such that she and Dan can now afford an apartment with a music studio, and can also have a car. Over the past few (couple?) years, though, she and her fiance Dan have become Hiland and my defacto go-to peeps for good times and great memories, and they are already sorely missed.

Bridezilla?

So I finally picked a bridesmaid dress... Not sure if I like it or not, as the original choice was completely sold out at Nordstrom.com (for my bridesmaid who lives in NC, I figured a department store was the only way to go..) and this is certainly second best. But really, who cares... all my friends are beautiful no matter what they wear!

Grey

Photo: view from the top of the London Eye, taken November 2007

Today is a grey, grey day inside and out. Rained last night, so the tablecloth from cookout dinner with KK and Dan (and Tim) is all soggy and replete with candle wax, birdshit and artichoke oil. Not sure what drives these moodswings, only that they're a part of me I'm learning to outlast. By Saturday, I'm sure, things will be bright and sunny again.

Squirrels in the garden

Photo of the day, taken in early May at a farmstand on the SC/GA border.

Good morning! This morning when I walked out to the garden I saw that some lil' critter had knocked over my Papyrus plant (it had been in a container) and rolled it around in the mud. So sad!! I brought that plant over from Basel in cutting form, in a mitten on the plane.... I've tried to replant it, which may or may not take since the shafts are bent and might not draw water anymore. Stupid squirrels. If anyone has a suggestion about what to do, please be in touch. Other than that, I've decided to work in my pjamas today.

Beautiful Day

I found this photo on a Spanish desktop background site today, and it seemed to capture the mood of the day perfectly. One of my best friends from college visited me in Brooklyn for the first time in five years, and this is what it felt like.

New Website Up and Running!

After nearly two years of procrastination, (ok, two full years) I have caved and gone with a new wordpress-powered site template at leighanne.org

The upshot is that this blog can now be a home for all things fanciful, that is, unreleated to the things I do for work. Hope you enjoy!

"Hello World"

hi there. welcome me to the blog world, as I've logged 15 years online and yet, this is my first foray into the great wide yonder. I hope it'll be a good stay...