Rest in Peace, old girl

We had to put our lovely old Golden Retriever, Skeena, to sleep today. She was over 11 and suddenly fell ill. Luckily Pater was able to fly home from work to take her on one…

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Cobbling against the Recession

While we used to have a good cobbler in my very small city (80,000), he became less and less reliable in his hours and in his completion time and now seems to have decamped completely.…

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Print Studies

So I’m trying to do my homework for Karen’s Print-mixing 101: what grade would I get for this? Remember, I’m just shopping my own wardrobe here, and I have a limited number of prints to…

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Wedding Album

My two oldest on the dance floor, baby Nola and her father obscured just behind them, Pater “cutting a rug” to their right. I admit I’m terribly selfish — while I was pleased to see…

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The Mysteries of Escape Reading

In some ways, I’d have to admit that I have commodified (even commoditized, ugly though that word may be) my reading — that is, my paycheque is based on my ability to analyse my reading…

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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 And it should go without saying, but apparently needs to be said: Do not publish entire posts as your own.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.