Poisons and Antidotes, Pleasures and Frustrations

Not my favourite picture of me, but it renews my appreciation for my hairdresser’s suggestion of bangs; I like my forehead better softened up a bit. Anyway, I was browsing my file of Paris shots…

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It’s Wednesday–There Must be Shoes

This will have to be quick as I’m writing at 6:18 and I have to have some breakfast before I leave the house at 6:50 to catch the ferry! But I wanted to get my…

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Wearing my Icarus

I’ve just posted to my first Knitalong, a blog devoted to knitting the Icarus shawldesigned by Miriam Felton and published in Interweave Knits, Summer 2006. Ideally, a knitter would post several times to a KAL…

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Weekend Tidbits

Somewhat random observations over the weekend: 1. Sad to hear that Madeleine L’Engle died this weekend, but at 88, she’d had a full life. My younger sister introduced me to A Wrinkle in Time in…

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one week done, twelve more to go!

Well, that wasn’t too bad. I’ve made it through the first week of classes, and I’m feeling fairly optimistic about the term. Besides doing a 4-hour weekly stint in the Writing Centre, I have three…

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 And it should go without saying, but apparently needs to be said: Do not publish entire posts as your own.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