Beth For tonight’s dinner, I used a product that’s new to me, but that is very common in Spain: Tomate Frito. It looks like crushed tomatoes, but actually it’s tomatoes slowly cooked in a little olive oil, often with onions and garlic. It’s smooth and mellow and very flavorful, and is a great head start on … Read more
There are a lot of reasons. The rise of fascism is the most immediate reason, but even if all the fascists and Christian nationalists were raptured this afternoon, we’d still be leaving. This country loves guns and grift and hates everyone who isn’t a rich cishet straight white man. Health insurance alone is enough of … Read more
… we leave this house and drive to Boston. The sense of all options narrowing down to a single point on the horizon. The sense that the light at the end of the tunnel may well be a train. I am impatient to leave already; I need another month or two to do this properly. … Read more