Captured in this blown glass half bubble of a cup on the dark wooden table in front of me is that blushing sunshine of a summertime dusk.  It sits still and placid, a little liquid Buddha in meditation.  Looking through the bubble, I see the world upside down and somehow rounder, as if I’m peering [...]

On a recent trip up to Sonoma, Tom and his family had a picnic at Larson Family Winery, one of my favorite small wineries dotting the road into town.  The tasting room is housed in an old barn, and while the lack of air conditioning can be a challenge in the summer months, the old-Sonoma [...]