good here.

good here

my hair is on fire and i am feeling everything

dipping, steeping, beauty believing in me

over and over again in all the languages

being seen here and being heard here

having all the right tools here

efficiency is the name of the game
in a copper house with transparent walls

the madness makes it good here.

i am biting at the bit, my mouth like the scape of a horse

i am bulging out of my pants, oozing out of the zippers

my bones enveloped by the taffy like land that had me at hello

please buy some carrots, figs, cucumbers and watermelon radish

put them on my eyes and lets make a face

i want to pop, i want to pop up shop

letting go is the name of the taco stand

healthy heaps of salsa and guacamole

i can hardly keep my eyes off you

pop goes the weezel
raccoons and zen masters

i want to travel with this circus

maybe on one of those long dirt roads

i will hear myself inside the dust and the fog

maybe I will not care about what you think

and you

and you

maybe it could be real good here

lobsters and drawn butter

the innocence of a summer

string lights and picnic tables

i will start believing in me

wearing my apron, jeans and pastel cottons

i will try not to fall asleep as we had ideas
desires of it being good here-

i really want so much that I can’t stop--
i want me and i want you
i need a thousand naps and I want to perform more than I knew

i want to be good and i want to make it

i want to figure it all out and then write lots of easy books,

easy to read & easy to write

i hear beauty

her foot steps and her one sock nap

our time is up.

i have to turn this off to start again

i want to do it better

less heavy
more light

half and half is perfect for me

i like it in my tea
warm with brown sugar cubes from france
turquoise birds on the box, the kind of box you want to keep
the kind of box that says fancy and barefoot, more money than god
but groundless and breathing, what trip to take, fearless about life,
homeschooling and showering in the same week
that could be good here.

GMO OMG.

beauties!

i am very passionate about this film.

(shocker)

i am sharing it because the topanga film festival 

will be screening gmo omg this saturday in topanga canyon.

i am going! will you come?

all of these incredible films that document about our food,

our agriculture system, our land & our health are so brave.

i feel deep respect & appreciation for their effort to tell the real story

of what is happening in our country. they are drawing the map for

how we make our everyday choices in gathering, cooking & living.

these filmmakers are our modern day shamans. 

the topanga film festival will be screening amazing films

all day on saturday, july 19. they all look deep & inspiring.

you can read more about the line up of films here.

gmo omg will be screening at 4pm at

froggy's on topanga canyon blvd. 

buy your tickets here. 

you can watch the trailer here.

if you are not in los angeles, please check the

gmo omg site for screenings in your area.

the more people know, the more we can deeply

nourish ourselves, our world & our children. 

big love beautiesxxxx

wood board love//post-market moment.

hi beauties!

this was so yum & love

i had to share it with you

this was a post-market moment

where b & i were just too hungry to get

anything together... you know what i mean? 

(i didn't ask b if she was hungry or what she wanted)

i created the board with what inspired me at

the market and what was close by in the baskets

the goal: to deeply nourish us

i turned on a bit of fire with the toaster ;)

so here it is.. a small farm to table love fest

with all the farms to shop from on sunday in hollywoodxxxx

 WBL//JULY

cut up white nectarines (kens top notch produce)

cherry golden tomatoes (harry's berries)

fat & crunchy spring peas (givens farms)

avo mash with salt & lemon (jj cole's daughter)

sour dough toast with apricot honey (drake goat cheese)

goat cheese & smoked salmon (cookbook market)

i would love to see YOUR wood board love

that you are creating this summer

please send your pictures in and i will post them

big love beauties xxxx

independence day parfait.

so this story began with a desire for ice cream

but the bowl of the ice cream maker was not frozen yet!

so with the hunger high for a sweet treat

i had to come up with something on the fly....

and the independence day parfaits was born!

this is the simplest desert

and of course you can do a brekkie one with 

yogurt & granola too.. this is 100% whole

whipped cream with a little pour of vanilla &

powdered sugar added... oh and the love in there..

it's like no other!

 o & b wanted to help

so they filled the jars

and whipped a bit too

it's a family affair with the parfait

i think it took all of 5 minutes!

PARFAIT

gather

strauss whole cream

(they are not paying me/

just have to share the love)

powdered sugar

vanilla extract

locally & organically grown

sweet blueberries

strawberries

raspberries

& ball jars

then....

whip

stack

eat

enjoy your family

red, white & blue

big love beautiesxxxx

summer miracle

next friday

july 11 

get it here

XXXX

flowering fennel.

hi beauties!

this weeks market find is....

flowering fennel!

you can eat those tiny yellow flowers and

they are packed with so much fennel flavah!

shake a bit onto your 3 minute egg,

a yummy salad, jam on bread

for an extra little zest of love.

i have them front and center

in a ball jar (filled with water)

to celebrate the beauty

of summer.. pick some up

or at least try a petal or two. 

these fennel flowers are from 

sabrina at shear rock farms. 

find her sunday in hollywood

tuesday in highland park

and friday in echo park.

enjoy beauties

XXXX

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july 11

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ravenous.

ravenous

I am ravenous

(no second guessing)

learning who I am inside this feast

this beast

this breath

struggling to write

I hear my belly moan

what is her famous song?

downloading the exhaustion

the broken pieces

the sewn up threads

my boot straps are up

my bags are packed

for a quieter life

a place that feels like that first sip

the warmth softening me

inside that tea

she’s a muse for all of me

I want more of less

turn down the volume

slow the bus

oil up the joints

lets sit ravenous for the breath

ravenous to take off the masks

unveil, make room, stare at your face in the mirror for a long time

pregnant with producing, being, raising, growing,
cooking it all up

this stew of motherhood

ravenous to try it all on

ravenous to let it simmer for years

the fire will take care of the fat

I will try the innards, create a shape and call it a day

ravenous for this morning- this paper, this pencil, this limoges tea cup

stirring me round and round

ravenous for a chat

slowing down to let go

teaching the gospel before I know the lines

faking it before I am making it

sitting in lotus with my hips on fire

little bonfires in the bank accounts of my sciatica

my bones trying to tell me the story

in a language I only hear as pain

maybe its longing

maybe all I will ever know how to do in this life is write,

make a tea and breathe

I want to invite kindness to every party

let go of my expectations

I want to move my body in a way that says: I love you, I love every single molecule of you, I want to travel the world with you and the seven seas with you so that I might get a bit lighter

lose the barnacles that hold me here, the shackles of an agenda put here way before I got here--- trying to transcribe the language, decipher the font, a map nailed to those innards floating around me between the boiling bubbles and the toiling troubles

so sick & tired of sucking at this teet

to look for no mother in the room

all the babies in wide wood bowls

free to roam on cake plates

in their cozy vessels

where they are seen and heard, seen and heard, seen and heard!

when will that musical be over?

I have the playbill in hand turning to the page entitled

‘how to make a life’

reaching for some plain m&m’s

I sink down in my chair and

wait for the second act to begin.

summer miracle.

beauties

let's make a miracle!!

it's BEYOND GORGE

at the market these days

come to my kitchen 

for a beauty love feast

where you will be immersed & inspired

with a seasonal & intentional gathering

of food, poetry, ideas & more

nourishing YOU to nourish them

reconnect with your vital need for BEAUTY

(in and out of the kitchen)

bring your needs, your hunger, your stories

you will leave the miracle

transformed

inspired

sated

deeply nourished

informed

happy

loved

ready

excited

& LIGHTER

with abundant offerings

to continue the miracle at home

XXXX

SUMMER MIRACLE

JULY 11 2014

FRIDAY

10 - 2PM

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santa rosa plum crumble.

summer is all about the crumbles

as is all the gorgeous deliciousness

that occurs in the bubbling currant beneath

the crispy buttery love fest happening up top.

they are also the EASIEST things to make

you can get fancy and try all sorts

but i like it with butter, flour & fruit.

that's how i roll (until time doubles).

here is one with santa rosa plums from

kens top notch produce. you can find ken

and his gang in hollywood on sundays and

south pasadena thursdays. you can also 

rock this recipe out with white nectarines, green

pluots (with the fuschia center), berries of all kinds

and peaches, yellow & white.. you can do this in a 

pie with crumble on top or a buttered dish square,

circle or oval.. there are so many ways to make this

sweet love party happen in your home.

so here it goes. 

the crumble

first things first

turn oven to 400

gather

1 stick unsalted butter

you can melt this or

chop into tiny bits

using a knife & your hands

up to you

easiest way: melt it

1/2 cup sugar

(some sugar depending

on sweetness of fruit)

3/4 cup flour (i used cup 4 cup

gluten free flour for this one)

1/4 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp salt

mix it

pour, cut, chop fruit*

into buttered dish or pie crust

in a separate, wide top bowl

mix everything else together

then crumble over the fruit

covering as much as you can

you can place it on a baking sheet

and then put it in the oven as it

might drip a bit with the fruit juice

you can bring oven down to 350-375

you can bake it for 30 minutes or so

depending on your oven and the fruit

sometimes it needs a lot more time

how will you know? 

when it's crispy and light brown up top 

with the fruit juice bubbling over and thru it

*note to self: add more fruit then you think

as it shrinks while cooking

let me know how you go beauties

XXXX

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