Good-bye, October. We Hardly Knew Ye . . .

First of all, thank you for responding so thoughtfully and generously to Monday’s post. There’s always trepidation when I let you see my messier side, but as much as I value my own, and our…

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Monday, Monday — Of Moods and Friends and The Possibilities of Reaching Out

I’ve been wrestling with a very low mood again this weekend, and without boring you (and giving up all my privacy) with details, I’ll just say that once this creeps in, it becomes physical, something between…

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Five Things Friday

Pater has been away all week; he comes back today, and I’ll admit that I didn’t get nearly everything done that I’d hoped to do in my time alone. But lists have been whittled down;…

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Word-less (Late) Wednesday Wandering. . . Back to Portland. . .

You know how much I like street art, right? So guess how delighted I was to stumble upon the Lovejoy Columns when wandering Portland’s Pearl District one sunny afternoon last month! The sun and shadow,…

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A Little Navy Dress and Some Thoughts about Friendship

 For an opera as splendid as Turandot, especially when produced this sumptuously, one really should dress up a bit. But the practicalities of walking to the Skytrain stop through Saturday night’s significant rainfall couldn’t be…

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