in the interests of honesty

I really wanted to show you my hot pink, pointy-toed Fluevogs with the white stitching and the kitten heel, but we’ll save those for later. It’s sunny today, and time to be honest about what…

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autumn’s (not!) here (yet)

Hawksley Workman’s gorgeously mournful “Autumn’s Here” keeps playing in my head, altho’ I’m so far refusing to actually pull out the CD. Besides the jellyfish washing up on the beach and the blackberries ripening faster…

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a bit of this, some more of that

In Vancouver, sharing a lazy morning indoors, bacon and eggs, the papers — a nice contrast to the sound of the cars whizzing through the rain on the busy street just below us. Later on,…

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Disturbing the kids?

I love the flexibility of this blog-writing — in fact, I’m rediscovering that I love writing itself. Because I have this outlet, I tend to push little thoughts into coalescence. Random observations spin themselves into…

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rocking the dangerous wildlife here! and anniversary greetings!

Okay, first it was a surprise wasps’ nest. Then I found this on the beach when I paddled home the other morning. It’s really quite beautiful, isn’t it? Here’s a closer look:And then here it…

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Copyright

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