A Brief Intermission . . .

I find I need to hit the Refresh button here. I don’t know that I’ve ever taken a full week away from the blog in the more than ten years I’ve been blogging, and it…

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Five Things Friday, Halfway through September. . .

 1. This climbing rose, which I suspect might be New Dawn,  began the season well, but then suffered a very persistent campaign by aphids, which not surprisingly resulted in an affliction of powdery mildew. Mid-summer,…

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Word-less Wednesday — Walk with Me!

 More mural art from my neighbourhood. This is from a back alley a few blocks away, behind a mix of commercial and residential buildings. I thought I’d take you for a short walk this morning…

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Travel Journal, Paris Pages. . . .

The ardoise at Le Petit Vatel. May I recommend the boudin noir? Black pudding/blood sausage is not to everyone’s taste, I know, but I suspect you’d all appreciate the Gâteau au cédrat confit (Cake with…

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Of Sleep and (Love) Letters

Sleep problems. Breath and Breathe. Bridge, bench, bunch, budge, brunch, billet, boulevard. Pause, not because I’m sleeping yet, unfortunately, but because my mind is searching for another word beginning with “B.” Brigadier. Seriously,  brigadier? Where did…

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Copyright

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