Reality Bites — Or How I’m Getting My Groove Back. . .

After three wonderful days of visiting with Sue and Lisa — which included a delightful catch-up coffee with the inspiring Melanie of Bag and a Beret–, the reality of jet lag; of the fatiguing effects…

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Blogger Meetup: Visitors from California. . .

If you’re curious about the out-of-town guests whose company Pater and I have enjoyed this week. . . .  It’s eight years now since Sue/Une Femme and I firstmet, here in Vancouver, and more than…

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Post-Travel Word-less Wednesday. . .

Pater and I are playing Tourist in our own city today, showing around a couple of friends. But before we pick them up for the day’s adventures, I thought I could do a quick Wordless…

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Chez Moi, Encore. . . . Home Again, Jet-Lagged Again!

4:14 a.m., and I’ve been up for an hour; jetlag, if I may be so blunt, is a bitch.  But she’s a bitch who, if managed well, can lead to productivity. So. My morning pages…

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Travel: Pressing “Pause” in Croatia

As I snapped photos of Pater and our “Rome crew” — daughter, son-in-law-granddaughter — in Diocletian’s Palace in Split a few evenings ago,  a young man offered to take one of all of us. Lovely…

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