Cure for what Ails Me? Bread-baking and Kimchi-makng

My last post evinced a determination to stay still for a moment; that determination has been significantly aided by something nasty of the Upper Respiratory variety. That the Universe insists I stay put is underlined…

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Resolved: Look for/at the Horizon(s)

I don’t generally do New Year’s resolutions (although I try to refresh this simple one each year, it’s so good), being something of a goal-setter in my regular life already. Possibly too much so. I…

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Five Hope-they-lift-my-mood Things, Last Friday of the Year

Not sure if it’s the inevitable post-Christmas dip or if it’s more to do with the crashing reality of all the changes that 2016 has ushered in, but I’m feeling more than a little fragile…

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Christmas Week Reflections

Except for Boxing Day, which we had gloriously and entirely to ourselves, at home all day watching the snow, we’ve been enjoying lovely family time, relieved and satisfied at how well our new, smaller space…

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Wishing you a Merry Christmas (with a little help from some Paris light). . .

 A few years ago, as I posted much earlier, we were pointed to St. Pierre church in Montmartre by a lovely woman dining right next to us in a tiny Paris restaurant. One of the oldest…

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