NSFW?
Mating newts.
Must be spring!

Spent some much needed time last week in nature.
Highly recommended.

I am engrossed in reading Marie-Helene Bertino's “Beautyland” and can hardly put it down.

Sunset this evening. Portland, Oregon

I just got the app Goods Unite Us. It’s an interesting look at corporate political donations. Some surprises for me. And yes, I vote with my pocketbook.
I liked Bob's Red Mill more than King Arthur Flour anyway, for starters.

2 1/2# pork shoulder, rolling butterfly. Layered with last summer's roasted Hatch chiles, onion, garlic, tomatoes, cumin, paprika paste, s&p, rolled back up, tied and braised in the oven at 225°F for 4 1/2 hours. Pulled apart, puréed the liquid, served over rice.
#food #dinner #HatchChiles #spicy

Some peaceful photos I recently took.
Keeping my thoughts positive and refusing to let my joy be stolen.

First photo, Oregon January sunrise.
Second one, Oregon January sunset.
Appreciating the calm and the beauty.
With the realization that so many others are facing hardship and devastation.

I saw an article today saying the Canada is offering provincehood to Oregon, Washington, and California. Brought to mind this book I’ve had for ages. There are crazier ideas being floated out there…

Oregon Coast surprised me with a couple calm, sunny days.

Farmers Market haul today.

A very old stairway in Sendai, Japan.
#peace

Hachinohe, Japan staircase with Ginkgo leaves.

Sure sign that autumn has arrived.
Portland, Oregon

A friend gave me a few pounds of kumquats from his tree. Some became conserves, some will be candied, and the rest will be part of a citrus upside down cake.