I’m rather pleased with my 2015 pumpkins. Bottom pumpkin design courtesy of the talented Phil Scroggs.

I have always loved Jonathan Franzen, but I love him all the more for walking out on an interview with Michael Silverblatt…twice.

I wonder why all fortune cookie fortunes are set in Comic Sans.

For some reason, I find it relaxing to top off a really busy week by trying out a new (and damn good) risotto recipe.

Nothing brightens a ghetto door like a homemade succulent wreath. With baubles.

I don’t use strobe lights or string fake cobwebs in the bushes but I firmly believe in carving pumpkins. {twit pix}

When Marketplace.org calls, I wish “Cristina the Articulate Designer” would come to the party.

Pretend Twitter post #2: All of my bad design days pretty much boil down to: square peg, round hole.