Sickbed Diversion, Colours of France

 Home sick today. Slightly better than yesterday when I was confined to bed (slept 6 daytime hours, then 9 last night!) and bathroom. Thought a quick post might be a diversion and give me the…

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Five Things (I Want To Do When I Retire) Friday

Somehow yesterday morning, I had a teary meltdown, all before 8:15 (and I had to catch the 9 ferry, so little time for mascara re-do) and despite the curative effect of ten hours’ sleep the…

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Resisting the Siren Call of Spring Sales: What I Wore

 When I first began ordering clothes online, I worried about having to divulge my email address. Sure enough, those daily enticement that pinged their way into my mornings had an effect for a few months.…

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What a weekend!

Some images from the weekend: This was undoubtedly the best moment (Nola met her new cousin, Eloise), but there was also this Wherein we marvelled together at Brian Selznick’s magical pencil illustrations in The Invention…

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Five Things Friday — Nana-and-Nola-style

As I might have mentioned, we have our 6-year-old granddaughter staying with us this week. She’s lovely, very easy to get along with, polite, cooperative, funny, happy with a trip to get groceries or a…

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