Weekend Sketching . . .

Good Monday morning! We’re in the middle of what constitutes a heat wave here in normally rainy Vancouver — no rain for a week or so and there’s none forecast for the next week, with…

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2018 Reading — Halfway Report

Here’s my 2018 reading list, as it was at the halfway mark on June 30th. That we’re now three weeks into the second half of the year testifies to my desire to augment the list…

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Travel Wardrobe Recap

 It’s been over two months since Pater and I embarked on our five weeks/one carry-on (each!) travel through France, Germany, and Croatia, and somehow I have yet to properly share my travel wardrobe here. Nowhere…

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A Few Wrinkles in the Bedroom . . .

NOTE: EDITED July 2020, to note that after the fitted sheet wore through into huge holes after only two years of normal wear, cold-water washing, regular drying, I wrote to the company and received this…

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Eclectic Decor, Nana-Style!

  Do you think it’s safe to assume that not so many 2-bedroom condos make room for both a grand piano AND a 2-person tent? Let me quickly assure you that the tent was a…

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