Sorry, my interview with Life ran long.

It has been awhile.

And for that I apologize. But I am not sorry.

The last 5 weeks of our lives have been a dream.

We dreamt that we flew away, far far away.

We flew to a land dominated by impenatrable forests, cascading waterfalls and ancient dinosaurs.

A land where you eat coffee like a fruit.

A land that the ancients conquered and then relinquished back.

A land where monkeys call for you to play a marimba with them on the beach. 

A land where we could breathe underwater and spy on barracudas while we held hands with the dolphins.

The dream was incredible. It was comprised of all the things a dream should be plus ripe plantains for breakfast.

But the best part of the dream, the very sweetest thing, sweeter

 than mangos in the rain, the best part of the dream was when we woke up this morning and realized it was real.

Return to the Land Sand.

Central America. 2011.

Stay tuned.

5.5 Hours

HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE!

Today is officially the shortest day of the year, and in our neck of the woods that means approximately 5.5 hours of daylight today.

Sunrise : 10:14am

Sunset : 3:41pm

If you are anywhere near the shadow of a mountain, consider your day even shorter.

In some places up north, the sun never rises above the horizon!

Crazy, huh?

Tomorrow the sun will rise one second earlier and set one second later, technically marking the return of longer days and ultimately. . . SUMMER!

(I mean you gotta stay positive, right!)

Sushi is for Lovers

So I (Katrina) am coming off of about 4 years working in a sushi restaurant in Scottsdale, AZ.

It was a great job and I met incredible people working there.

However, my dream job IS NOT serving raw fish.

(Shocker, right?)

So I must admit that when, on our road trip to the North Land, I came across my old apron in the car and realized I no longer had use for it, I promptly disposed of it in the most ethical way possible (when one is sleeping in the woods):

Fire Dance from Katrina Donaldson on Vimeo.

Cathartic? Oh, yes.

Don't get me wrong, it is nothing against the place where I worked, which was wonderful to me, just more of a confirmation that I was leaving some parts of my life behind in order to make room for the new adventures that lay ahead. 

But, old habits die hard.

I'm kind of starting to miss sushi!

So my wonderful and fabulous boy, magnificent chef that he is, decided to try his hand at some HOMEMADE SUSHI!

Luckily I have a lot of sushi recipes stored in the ole' think tank so we were able to simply buy what we needed and start rolling. . .

 
 On the menu that night:
California Rolls
Spicy Tuna Rolls
Kirin Ichiban (beer)

Little Lily Nigori Sake (our favorite!)

Godzilla descends upon the innocent!

Yum! Yum! Yum!

We were actually kind of surprised that we had such success finding everything we needed to make sushi up here.
But we are so happy that we did!
With the right materials, homemade sushi is easy, fresh, and delicious!
Kampai!