Happy Birthday, my Love!

  Happy Birthday to a fabulous Granddad, loving, supportive Dad, and really the best partner I could have found. Yesterday, as I mentioned in this post, he babysat so I could take our daughter out…

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Vancouver Visits and Restaurant and a Book Recommendation

So far, here in Vancouver, when the apartment hasn’t been full of young parents and!or their little ones, I’ve mostly been alternating between reading and napping. Not particularly exciting material for the blog, but I…

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An Italian Detour

As you may have read, I’ve been battling some recalcitrance about blogging lately, although I nonetheless managed to post a What I Wore post that shamelessly revealed my lazy summer style. Now, we’re over in…

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Icy Times in a Wonderful Parisian-Set Mystery. . .Vargas and Adamsberg

Last post, I wrote a bit about the role Obligation plays in my reading. Perhaps I made it sound as if Obligation was necessarily at odds with Pleasure, and of course, that is Wrong. Wrong.…

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What I Wore, Island Summer Style,

Oh, you’re all so kind, and I thank you for the understanding and encouragement about my temporary (I hope)recalcitrance about writing on the blog. Honestly, there’s no worry about my stopping, especially right now as…

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Copyright

Unless otherwise stated, all words and photographs in this blog are my own. If you wish to use any of them, please give me credit for my work. And it should go without saying, but apparently needs to be said: Do not publish entire posts as your own. I will take the necessary action to stop such theft. Thanks.