Sally’s Blog
Cara Cara Cake
The Farmer’s Market on a recent Saturday afternoon, and I’m gazing at the bounty of early January in southern California. What to buy? Which lovely opportunities shall I select from the glowing spectrum before me? Orange, yellow, green, even the rosy blush of blood...
Long Playing
I grew up with two fathers: one, my biological father and the other, Joannes Brahms, the composer whose music Daddy and I most loved. At times the two blend together in my mind, for whenever I hear the music of Brahms, I’m folded into a wordless embrace of intimacy...
A Taste for Aunts
In the spirit of Dylan Thomas’ line, “There are always Uncles at Christmas,” this Thanksgiving season, I’m speaking up for Aunts. Specifically, my two Aunt Betty’s and my Aunt Ellen Braithwaite, who have been on my mind as I’ve lived the days leading to this...
Reporting In
Hello, and thanks for stopping by. Just wanted to let you know that my blog will continue, also that this website will undergo some changes in the new year. Www.sallybuffington.com is growing up. If you’re already a faithful reader who wonders why blog posts have...
The Story of a Photo
Here’s my photo “Gifts of the Rain,” awarded Third Prize, Color Waterscapes, in the Exhibition of Photography at the San Diego County Fair in Del Mar. But there’s more to it than this single image, beyond my pleasure at having won a prize. You see the exhibit print...
Dangers, Toils and Snares
The detours life hands you. My photographic file for the month of May moves happily from scenes of church, to the beach, to blooming flowers in my neighborhood—and then to images like the one above. Then: a hospital room, albeit with a view; I spent two stays in...
Driving to Borrego
I’m driving one of my favorite roads, the drive to Borrego Springs, and now I’m starting the stretch running seven miles from the mountain town of Julian through the hamlet of Banner, “the Banner Road.” Whoo boy! Lots of curves-–what great driving! This is not a road...
Sand and Rock and Air
You’re reading the first in a series of posts about travel and places, this one occasioned by Andy’s and my upcoming annual trip to the Anza Borrego Desert in southern California, northeast of San Diego. Borrego’s two-and-a-half hours away; more than that, it is a...