ad hoc mother's day two point oh

Jersey took me up to Ad Hoc for Mother's Day part 2!
On the menu....
Homemade yogurt with seeds and orange peel, irish soda bread topped with honey butter and fruit salad was the first course.

Chicken friend steak and eggs with asparagus and pototes.

Banana tart.

I am so grateful and joyous that I am finally a mother. Thank you Jersey for making it so!

company time

Saturday was spent at the wonderful Green Gulch Zen Center. I did a workshop called Company Time: A Buddhist Retreat for Working People in the Business World. It was a great way to connect with people and talk about issues at work in an open and honest forum.


Also this was a great time for me to reflect and be silent. A lot of the day was spent in meditation and it was wonderful just to sit still for 20 minutes.

We had a great lunch of minnestrone soup, salad, and bread. The vegetables all from the farm at the Zen Center. The bread freshly baked in their bakery before lunch.

I took a long walk to Muir Beach. I adore being out there; the farm then at the beach. This has always been the life for me since my memory was born. People have said, "you would just get bored being in the woods or in a rural setting". It makes me slightly sad that these people don't know me well at all. But, it also makes me reflect that I still have a wall up, built from when I was a teenager that perhaps, I truly don't let people in. All I want in my life is for more silence, more nature, and more simplicity.





Unfortunately, I didn't stay the whole time for the workshop, but I look forward to taking it again. Maybe you'll take it with me? I am going to do the honey harvesting workshop at the end of June.

broken social scene surprise

I got the new Broken Social Scene album today in the mail and immediately popped it in my computer to dance my ass off. When the DVD tray opened, a silver disc surprise labeled, "Kaia's Birth", popped out. I forgot about this short collection of the little lady's first hours outta the Trish house.

Oh and the album is so good. You should go out and get it. Or go with me to the Portland show.

cute pancakes

Jersey passed this website to me. SUPER CUTE!

flannel? ripped jeans? skull tshirt? check!

I was originally going to post the video of Kaia playing the ukelele, but for some reason blogger won't upload it. It's been processing for 20 hours now. Here's a still of the video. Jersey has been teaching Kaia how to strum and fret.

foreign rags

I am cutting back on the amount of magazines and books I buy. 1) to save money 2) to save trees 3) to save space in my house

My favorite two magazines will still be kept on hand. Today, I went to the post office to pick up my copy of Lula, a British girly fashion magazine. I say girly 'cause it's always shot with overblown lights, dreamy, and whimsical stylings. In this issue Kirsten Dunst interviews the creator of Strawberry Shortcake.

My other favorite is Fudge. Another fashion magazine from Japan.

I love the way both these magazines feel, the weight of the paper, the touch of the toothiness, the smell of the press. I also like the contrast of ads for each market. For example Marc Jacobs' near front cover ad in Lula is with the Juergen Teller photos, delicate, simple with a ballerina modeling the clothes. The Fudge ad is for the Marc by Marc Jacobs brand showing crazy colors and patterns with oversize bows in the models' hair. They are both very hard to find, which makes buying them half the fun.

bene gesserit

Beware of the Gom Jabbar!

mom's day in metal

Thanks to the godfathers for watching Kaia! I made them basil and rosemary bread. With the rest of the dough I made us some pizza.


The Mastodon show was fun! My favorite was seeing Baroness.