Claire Messud’s The Woman Upstairs

Okay, so what if, instead of making a big deal out of not having time to write a decent review, I just churn out a few posts giving quick impressions of some of the most…

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Birthdays and Depression and Light, Sweet Light . . .

What a difference light makes! Above, the absence of sunlight mimics the flatness I felt over the past few days. Below (and in other photosI posted last week) the same maple tree demonstrates a lively…

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Dressing and Depressing — Title for a Friday!

 Not sure what the triggers are, but I’ve been feeling flat lately. Heavy, blue-ish, verging disconcertingly close to the feeling that precedes the bout of depression I suffer occasionally, and that Itried writing about last…

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Un après-midi, au jardin. . .

Just one small red Japanese maple  and some late afternoon sunlight.  And warmth  and birdsong (which you, sadly, can’t hear in these photos even if I can remember it clearly)  and the honeyed fragrance of…

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Time to Let Go: Art, Augury, and a Little Healing

 Saturday morning, I woke at 5. Again. Annoying, but at least it gave me an hour’s running time before our 8:30 ferry to Vancouver. A good thing because I was carrying some anxiety over an…

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