Six years ago, I wrote a post about a navy cashmere pullover I’d bought in Paris that spring. The lightweight sweater had quickly become a star piece in my wardrobe, and I’m sure I wore…
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Well, we’ll see if I make it to Five Things. 1. These beautiful apple blossoms on the Scarlet Sentinel tree opened this week in our terrace garden, thanks to some very generous sunshine. Besides being…
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I asked my maternal grandmother once what her childhood Christmasses were like, whether, on the farm in a deep Manitoba cold just into the 20th century, she had received many, or any, gifts. Sometimes an…
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A page from my Portland travel journalling — note my reference, top of page, to March 22nd, all over again. So strange, that I’d experienced the day before as March 22nd, made that entry in…
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I wrote several hundred words of a post trying to explain why I’m having trouble blogging recently, but have left it uncompleted and in draft form for now, for fear of boring you. Instead, I’ll…
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