My First-Day-Back-to-School Shoes this Wednesday

This is the pair of shoes that caught my eye in the shop on Rue St. HonorĂ© in Paris last May — I already showed you the other pair I bought at the same time,…

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heading back to school

More of you participated in the “September changes” poll than any other I’ve held so far — partly just increasing traffic round these parts (yay!), but also just indicative of what a big deal “la…

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He’s too sexy for the Birch shawl!

Yesterday, Puttermeister posted about one of the frustrations of knitting for muggles. (What we knitters call our non-knitting friends and neighbours, with obvious borrowing from JK Rowling). While many muggles are appreciative recipients of knitted…

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goose turds and duck sausage — really!

I felt a bit like Anya at the cash register yesterday (a Buffy reference, in case you don’t know) — but I was chortling over my StatCounter rather than over money. One of my busier…

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celebrating the seasons

Yesterday morning I woke early enough to watch this beautiful sunrise. Sitting on the deck with my tea, feeling spectacularly lucky, blessed, peaceful.In the photo below, the rising sun outlines our arbutus, the one on…

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