Category Archives: Tomato
Making Mom Proud, or, A Very Beet Story
Over Labor Day weekend, my mom brought me a bunch of home-grown food: a zucchini, some beets (red and golden), cherry tomatoes, pear tomatoes, pears (not ripe yet), and a gallon Ziplock full of blackberries – my favorite! I wanted … Continue reading
Filed under Awesome, Being a girl, Family, Food, Love, Nonfiction, Tomato
New York’s Weirdest Habit, And My Special Spinach Salad
Tonight was kind of a frustrating night at work. It had nothing to do with my own co-workers, for which I am grateful. However, it does have to do with people I have to interact with on a regular basis, … Continue reading
Filed under "Other people", Awesome, Memoir, Tomato, Work
Day 11: Expect more tweets.
My parents stopped by this afternoon. We did some catching up and they took me to my local Verizon store, where we picked up my first ever smartphone. I have now jumped on board the smartphone train! I honestly do … Continue reading
Filed under Awesome, Beginnings, Family, Tomato, Work
Tomato Plant 2011
So on Memorial Day weekend, I planted a new tomato plant (in a Topsy Turvy) and pots of dill and basil seeds. Here is what they looked like two weeks ago: We’ve had kind of back-and-forth weather, but the tomato … Continue reading
*Insert air violin*
RIP tomato plant. It’s been getting shabbier and shabbier, and while there are still lots of green tomatoes on it, they didn’t seem to be ripening or growing any bigger. I still watered it and fed it, but I wondered … Continue reading
Filed under Endings, Not awesome, Sentiment, Tomato
Motherhood, and the harvest
Remember back in May when I got a dinky little tomato plant from the Davis Farmers Market? And I predicted that it would explode into a tomato tree? Well I am a proud proud mommy because that is just what … Continue reading
Filed under Nonfiction, Religion, Tomato
High School Me, You’re Welcome
Blue sky, sun, warm breeze – I’ve had the balcony door open all day enjoying being able to hang out barefoot, in a tank top – this is like exactly what I needed. I went out on the balcony to … Continue reading
San Francisco Fog
Today Liz and I met in Davis and went to the Farmers Market, to decompress. We started at Borders, actually, and then wandered to the park and found the ATM and went crazy purchasing vegetables and fruit and bread and … Continue reading
