Roasted Tomatoes and Small Restorations

Tomato soup, home projects, and the strange art of coming back to yourself.

Oh hi. Remember me? The last couple months have been more full of paint splatter than I hoped — but here we are, reemerging into the kitchen just as the world outside begins to release its leaves, its acorns, the fruits of its efforts.

A lot of the summer got away from me, but maybe this is the moment to close one season and begin another — with the same…