Evan at View Rock

Evan Raskin takes in the view.

Reduced for quick sale

Tammy I and just went through the food co-op and marked down every out-of-date item we could find, including organic balsamic vinegar (freshness dated--go figure). Most of these items will not be ordered again. Get 'em while they're lukewarm! Tell your interns! Call your cheapest friends! Take a chance on $1.00, Iranian, tarragon-flavored pickles! It's bargain time at Nine Thousand Six Hundred and Fifty Seven Things (name changed due to inventory reduction).

Used car

You could be driving this.

Farm dinner at Green Toe Ground

This could be the shortest possible distance from farm to table.

A magic night

The Sketches of South Toe Festival, a.k.a. Sketchfest was oh, so good. Pete McGuire and friends kicked it off with some tasty string-band music (but I wasn't there to take a picture). Then Polly and the Posse did a set...


...for their adoring fans.



And then it was all about the jazz.


The Early Quintet was right on time--all night.


Polly joined in and wailed on some standards.


There was dancing.


It was a magic night. Special thanks to Polly, Miles, and Bob for organizing, all the musicians for their wonderful music, everyone for coming and making it a big time, and Jody and Jennifer for generously hosting.

And the mater sandwiches kicked ass.

Annie and Margot could be in a calendar!

You may have seen this picture of Annie and Margot skiing on the Blue Ridge Parkway in the winter of 2010. I recently submitted it to the Ray's Weather Center Photo Calendar Contest, and it's in the finals for one of the winter shots. (On screen, they are very tiny off in the distance, though you can click for a larger view; if the photo gets in the calendar, of course, we'll all know it's them!) If you like this shot, you can vote for it here.

Belatedly: Memorial Day Picnic

Daisy follows the route of the Brasington van odyssey as told through their souvenir patches.


A woodland jam session led by Jody Pred, rabbi of rock and roll.