If this month's weather change is any indicator, we continue to be screwed out of a deep and significant spring rain. Rain Gods if you are listening - bring on...

We have a towel floating around the house that bugs the shit out of me. It once was a really nice, well-made towel from Restoration Hardware. I only bring up...

Well, WTF.  That's about as much as I can muster after weeks of farm and ranch evacuations, wildfires and smoke (and fog) so thick the sun just didn't come out...

With our lavender crop waning and cool-season veggies coming in, I find myself missing the lavender field. The huge expanse of purple is always so striking when the plants are...

Our old friend from the Coastside, Elizabeth Chambers, had a light, fun interview with The Cut, about her skincare routine and the troubles of facial melasma during and after her...

“Write about ‘Meyer’ lemons.” “CA poppies touched my butt.”  “Smelling the roses in front of Mary at Mission Basilica.” _   I have a folder in my email titled, write....

  "Jenny, get in. I have an idea."   This is just one of the many memorable, albeit abrupt, requests I'd get from Carl over the years. I would be watering...

Sparing you the details of a horrendous yet amazing eight weeks, I'll start by sharing some life stuff. I recently became single, started taking an intense weekly Japanese Taiko drumming...