Zagreb Again: The Museum of Broken Relationships

I’m sending you to Zagreb this morning — to the Museum of Broken Relationships. I’m feeling much better today, but while my temperature’s almost back to normal, and constant sneezing’s been replaced by intermittent coughing,…

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Piping Up From My (Temporary) Sick Bed — With Cheery Mural Photos

 Regular programming is temporarily suspended while blogger is laid low by fever, sneezing, coughing, and all-round use of copious paper tissues. Ginger tea and hot lemon-and-honey and steaming bowls of chicken soup also feature in…

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Last Week, This Week: Goalposts and Resolutions and Jump-Starts

I woke with a very welcome resolve this morning.  For some reason, that’s been lacking lately. I’ve been busy enough: last week, Iengaged social media to support my sister’s activism and, with my husband, enjoyed…

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A Paris Memoir and The Teachings of Plants — Gleanings from the Library

I ended myhalf-year reading round-up with Liam Callanan’s Paris by the Book; between that title and thetitles I mentioned in my last post, I’ve failed to record some fifteen or so books.  Too bad, because…

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Of Smoke and Murals and Skunk Cabbage — Just a Walk in the ‘Hood

 We’re under gloomy, smoky skies still, here in Vancouver. The smoke lifted a bit yesterday, but seems to have tucked itself back around us for now, and the forecast hints that this will continue for…

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