The Table28 July4 min
Rosa will not tell you the menu in advance
Twelve years of cooking here and she has never once written it down more than four hours ahead.
Journal
Notes from the headland.
Written by whoever did the thing. Published when there is something to say rather than on a schedule.
Building12 August9 min
Shade is architecture, not decoration
Every wall on this estate was placed by watching where the palms already fell. That is a slower way to build and it is the only one that works here.
Read itThe Land9 July6 min
Forty-one palms and what they cost
A count of every tree on the headland, what each one needs in water, and why we planted nine more this spring.
Water21 June5 min
The cistern still works
The estate's 1890s rainwater system was never decommissioned. Last winter it took thirty per cent of our load.
The Sea3 June7 min
A short guide to the cove, and when not to swim in it
The current turns about an hour after the wind does. Here is how to read it from the bench.
Rooms17 May3 min
Why there is no air conditioning
Thick walls, cross draught, shutters and shade get us to twenty-four degrees in August. The plant would have cost more than the roof.