moving house — literally!

Wednesday morning, up early to catch the 7:55 ferry, making sure I had everything packed for a day of teaching and an evening in Vanc’r taking in a concert, I spotted this out the window…

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That weekend just sailed by!

Like these boats, the weekend sailed by quickly and enjoyably. The pace of academic life is such that from the beginning of each term, we quickly start counting the weeks, and while weeks five, six,…

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March Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day

Over the last few days, I’ve been out in the garden with my camera, trying to document all the new blooms in preparation for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day— today, the 15th of the month. It’s…

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Une Randonnée through random thoughts

Last week, I spoke of black in the garden. Here’s an example, the dark foliage of sambucus nigra ‘Black Beauty.’ Even were we to have a freak mid-March snowstorm, spring is unstoppable now. Almost every…

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Random Thoughts

Not so capable of sustained thought and writing today, so what about a collection of bits and pieces I’ve been meaning to get to: 1. A few weekends ago, we rented Gone, Baby, Gone and…

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