Of Moods and Mood-Mods and Travel. . .

I had a wonderful time with a visiting friend on the weekend, managing toignore the symptoms through our dinner Saturday night and lovely long chat that evening and the next morning. Another out-of-town friend arrives…

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Back-Alley Wanderings in Urban Vancouver

 I am recovering from a first-ever Urinary Tract Infection. Horridly uncomfortable, as many of you will already know. So very grateful for modern medicine and that I live in a country with very accessible health-care:…

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New Shoes and an Old Skirt: a Friday Short and Sweet Post

It’s been a short but intensely busy week here (we have a project, my guy and I), and I have a busy weekend ahead (babysitting Two Littles tomorrow morning; a girlfriend arriving tomorrow afternoon for…

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A Few Good Mysteries, Belatedly. . .

Ay-yi-yi! I’ve just found this unfinished draft sitting in my files, waiting patiently for completion. I started it weeks ago. . . .Let me add a few titles to it and press “publish.” I seem…

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And In the Condo Terrace Garden — Report On Our First Summer

You might remember that this past April, I shared my intention to track my new (container) garden’s growth via regular posting here, to turn the pages of its story with you looking over my shoulder.…

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