Spring-ing Up, a Busy March. . .

 Next week, posts on my bread-making (with links to a Sourdough Bread recipe) and on my newly completed Birkin sweater (shown in yesterday’s Instagram post), but for today I just want to get us outside,…

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Photo to Sketch, Bringing Italy Home

A week or two ago, I posted this photo on Instagram; it was taken in Tivoli, Italy, at the beginning of the year. Something about the way the mortar/stucco exterior is falling away to reveal…

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A Lazy Weekend. . . With Task-Oriented Shoes

Since I wrote here last, it snowed heavily for a day — we accumulated something like 15 centimetres, so enough to impede mobility and encourage a lazy weekend. I cancelled my appointment with the dental…

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Friday Five, With February Snow on the Way

We’re expecting some “at times heavy” snow today — up to 10 centimetres, and then another 5 to 10 tonight. . .  And, unfortunately, I have to make my way downtown for a tooth-cleaning appointment…

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Table for One — a Solo Travel post

As lovely as it is, when travelling with a friend or a romantic partner, to be able to share pleasure in new sights, sounds . . . and tastes! . . . as lovely as…

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