Two Important Things on a Festive Friday

I’m a bit frustrated with the Blogger-iPad interface at the moment. I’m in Vancouver, so I’m dependent on the tablet, but I’d uploaded photos for a post and begun writing it, hoping to finish and…

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Shorter Days, Christmas Preparations . . . Gifts of the Season

I invigilated the last exam and returned all the marked research papers yesterday, so most of my student contact is done for the term. Yes, I now have four sets of exams to mark and…

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Four Mysteries for the end of the beach days. . . .

I’m not sure why I never clicked “Publish” on this. If you’re looking for a mystery or two to sink into on a long winter night, here are a few choices. I might have read…

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Party Time — What Size is Your Festive?

‘Tis the season of parties . . . a round of gorgeous possibilities were featured in a By Invitation Only seriesrecently, with magical scenes set for us to imagining dressing up and knocking on wreath-festooned…

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A Festive Mystery . . . and a Week in the Rear-View Mirror . . .

I posted this photo, sans animation, sans falling snow, in Friday’s Five Things post, and by later that day, I noticed this .gif version parked on my Google+ page, which I rarely bother with. I suspect one…

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