An urban agrarian

Last week the Colwell Family gathered at the Tolovana Park house for the 35th year. We're fortunate to count only a missing few; my newly wed niece and her husband and my nephew in Hong Kong.
My brothers, Rick and Mark, have fished their lives through the commercial seasons in Alaska and now fly fish the waters of Oregon and Northern California. Having spent a summer on the commercial dory, Leah-Kai, I too have an eye for the small boats...

My dear Austin,
You know me well. I was at Ayers Creek Farm today. For the last day of September and the eighth day of Autumn, it was beautiful. And, the temperature your father calls “perfect”. I arrived at what I consider late, 11:10 am. I drove too quickly up the...

Anthony Boutard writes ......
Yesterday, we prepared the middle eastern dish kibbeh using frikeh. In its traditional form, raw lamb is mashed with bulgar wheat in a mortar with parsley, onion and mint. The mixture is dressed and served raw as a tartar. Unfortunately, the raw version...