Say It With Flowers: Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to all of you! I’m illustrating my sentiments with a  photo of a vase left by my mother — who died five years ago yesterday,  on Easter Sunday — filled with a few…

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The Patrick Melrose Novels, So Painful, So Funny. . .

I haven’t only been reading mysteries recently, although I’ve been lucky enough to have borrowed a number of good ones from the library these past several weeks. I’ve also read the first four Patrick Melrose novels…

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Page from My Travel Journal — Portland

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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On the Wall: Self-Expression and Play and Vulnerability

Although I’ve not been so inclined to put words together here recently, I’ve been immensely gratified to your response when I do — as for last Monday’s post on finding a cup of tea in…

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Three More Mysteries

First, the three mystery novels whose titles I promised you last post. I haven’t only been reading from this genre, recently, but it makes sense to group them this way, before moving on to books from…

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