Canada Day– July 1st, the celebration of the confederation of the first four provinces in 1867 — has always been a problematic day for many Canadians. Chinese-Canadians, for example, have referred to it as Humiliation…
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Sorry for the “radio silence,” but we were finally able to visit our son’s family on Vancouver Island. Ten months since our last visit . . . . All the feels, as the kids say …
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As I wrote last post, “we had friends over for dinner the other night.” Wonderful, casual sentence we often used to toss around, right? And to be able to use it again is such a…
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Yesterday, I walked to Granville Island to pick up macarons, dessert for our second dinner=with-guests here in less than a week. It’s a fairly long walk, but the weather was pleasant — showers held off, considerately, until…
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Just a quick post to wish you a Happy Weekend — a long weekend here in Canada and perhaps where you are as well. For Canadians, Monday is Victoria Day, a reminder of our colonial…
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