On November 11th, 2014, THE NEW HOME…
…of Salmon Creek Farm seems not quite real, a bit like a dream, as we move fast to settle in as much as possible before the crowd descends…
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On November 9th, 2014, MORE MOVEMENT ON THE RUG…
…was a good way to end the last day in the dome.
On May 23rd, 2014, FORAGING AT THE BERKELEY EDIBLE SCHOOLYARD…
…(the brilliant brain child of friend Alice Waters which feels like a real life utopia of free-range students) is where I am this afternoon with a class of seventh graders to gather harvests…
HELLO 2013…
…I’m taking a break from the daily diary right now, but in the mean time you can get general info, see pages on projects & shows and what’s…
On April 27th, 2012, CARDOONS…
…or Cynara cardunculus, are found wildly making their way all over my L.A. hill, and I do my best to encourage their big-leaved purple-thistle-flowered towering drama – and one…
On April 2nd, 2012, JEANNE VAN HEESWIJK…
…the Dutch artist from Rotterdam joined curator Gabi Ngcobo and me for a public chat tonight hosted by the Liverpool Biennial, which was a good chance to get…
On March 26th, 2012, SPINNING YARN WITH LISA ANNE AUERBACH…
…was the focus of the afternoon with our last Princeton Student Colony visitor – equipped with homemade spindles from wood dowels and toy wheels, with simple hooks at…
On February 3rd, 2012, THAT SHOWY PEACH TREE…
…on the street in front of my house was probably resigned to remaining forever lost in the massive shadow of the looming carob tree to it’s south –…
On October 14th, 2011, THE ANNUAL SERPENTINE PAVILLION…
…the most elegant, austere, and simple yet in the series – designed this year by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor and Dutch landscape designer Piet Oudolf in London’s Kensington…
On September 13th, 2011, SUPERPOOL…
…the Istanbul based architecture studio founded by Turkish Selva Gürdoğan and Danish Gregers Tang Thomsen, presented their design of the exhibition ‘Becoming Istanbul‘ (in collaboration with the graphics…
On July 29th, 2011, EMILY LACY AT THE WALKER WITH MACHINE…
…was the happy surprise of the day – as I caught my folk-singing friend‘s last performance (involving layers of gorgeous vocals live and delayed echoing through the cold…
On April 20th, 2011, RSFP ROOFTOP SALAD HARVEST…
…was a proud moment today, as Miles from the Rome Sustainable Food Project kitchen – which energizes us with daily meals of local, seasonal, organic and delicious food…
On April 19th, 2011, YOGA ON THE ROOF…
…today and frequent evenings around 17:30 is the great gift of warmer days, later sun sets, stone pavers that hold the days heat, and a critical mass of…
On March 20th, 2011, OLD OLIVE TREES…
…here on the slopes below Castel San Pietro, some of which are said to be more than 400 years old and cultivated on this land for thousands of…
On February 21st, 2011, THE PEA REPORT…
…from the Roman Rooftop Homestead is very good indeed, with the happy plants beginning to climb up the pea-stake branches that were just installed for them, and today…
On February 12th, ALMOND TREE BLOSSOMS…
…are popping up in back – a late-mid-winter color boost – but I’m hearing from the gardeners that the mice usually get to the almonds well before they…
On December 17th, 2010, SNOW IN ROME…
…is something that is only meant to fall once every twenty years – but they got over an inch last winter and we’re getting it today – magic!…