Bits and pieces from LA

Snowstorm in Bed-Stuy

a throwback to January, when for the first time in my NYC life, the streets felt as wild and inhospitable as the wilderness.

Springtime at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Part 1

Eve and I went to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden the week before the cherries really came out. The highlights were the tulips, bluebells, and the showy crabapple. (I went back for the cherries--photos to come!)

T-bone update

This little cat is a "cat's cat," the way James Salter is a "writer's writer." (She doesn't really want to be held by humans, but she loves when Suki grooms her.)