Rainbow by my feet

I was at the farmer's market in Beaverton, Oregon this past weekend, which is where I saw the rainbow in the fountain. From my point of view, the arch of the rainbow passed directly in front of my feet. Although eye-witness accounts are often not accurate, everyone present officially confirmed that that the only thing at the "end" of the rainbow was wet grass. As we walked toward the car, I found a little treasure in the form of a Venetian glass disc pendant. While the two occurrences were not connected, the glass pendant will always remind me of the rainbow.

What Could Go Wrong?

After reading about Adrienne's fire in the kitchen, I proposed that she and Tanita (author of A La Carte, a novel with recipes) start a cooking show that ends in a culinary disaster every time. Adrienne or Tanita said, "We could call it 'What Could Go Wrong?'"

My brother burnt rice once, and for years was razzed as the guy who couldn't cook rice. I stay away from cooking pasta because inevitably I burn my foot when boiling water leaps up out of the colander over the sink. I've thought about wearing boots in the kitchen, but now I just stay away from pasta. Only recently was the pine-nuts moratorium lifted for Bede. As much as I love my mother's cooking, I still get a little nervous when she picks up a kitchen knife, because I remember the blood.

Despite the failures, a lot of yummy things have emerged from our kitchen. I can recall only one time that we made something so awful that we decided to give up and go out to dinner. We return to the kitchen because we are living creatures and we must eat. Besides, what could go wrong?

Please post your kitchen adventures in the comments. Feel free to embellish.

Dolls with Wings

Here's what I've been working on lately in terms of sewing:

Butterfly Fairies:


Rainbow Butterfly Fairies:


Butterfly fairies can be found in my shop.

Black Butterfly Fairy Queen:

This one is listed here.

Blue Frost Angel (sold):


I hope things are well with you. We've had our proverbial ups and downs this summer, but I am grateful for this life.

Whatever you lose (like a you or a me)

Here is a video of "Maggie and Milly and Molly and May," performed by Natalie Merchant and based upon the poem by E.E. Cummings. It's off of the album, "Leave Your Sleep." I read the poem aloud to my daughter, and then she wanted more Cummings poems. I realized that I was going to have to search for awhile in my Complete Poems collection for the ones appropriate for her, so I decided to switch to Carl Sandburg's collection for children called Wind Song. Has anyone set Sandburg's poems to music?