Every year around this time I begin longing for spring, and this week the longing is particularly excruciating because San Francisco is experiencing a warm spell that teases and tantalizes its residents with memories of long August nights and the odd September weekend during…
Any day I am able to listen to National Public Radio’s “Thistle and Shamrock” program is a good day, and when I am cooking whilst doing so the experience is made even sweeter. Listening to Fiona Ritchie talk about the highlands in her thick…
This time of year we are full of virtuous promises: I resolve to be tidier and to not throw my sweater over the armchair instead of hanging it neatly in the closet; to be more vigilant about returning phone calls; to at least contemplate…