This flower arrangement is currently making me inordinately happy. We got fresh lavender in our CSA delivery box so I went to the store and picked out a few other things that I thought would complement. It’s very simple but it just works really well—it brings me a little thrill of aesthetic pleasure every time I see it. Yes, I am easily amused.
I'm a writer and mom living in Oakland. This is my personal blog; I write about parenting, cooking, local issues, books, and anything else that's rattling around inside my head.
I am the author of The Millennial Sword, an urban fantasy novel set in San Francisco, and two read-aloud picture books for kids, The Big Booger Bubble and Gail Murphy and the Piskies.
My short fiction is included in the anthologies Fae, Love Hurts, and Speculative Story Bites:
