Retreat is a shady term

Department retreat today, so I’ll just leave you with these photos from the weekend — I love dappled shade! As for work retreats, although I appreciate the need to get away from the everyday interruptions…

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Polka-dot happiness

We had a lovely dinner with my son, Zach, and his partner, Joey, on Saturday night, an early celebration of Mother’s Day and my birthday, at the restaurant Joey manages, a well-appointed yet still comfortably…

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Happy Blooming Mother’s Day

I’m so pleased that my lilacs are going to open up for me before we leave on the 21st — looks as if I might have two weeks of their fragrant blooms — I’ll probably…

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Congratulations, Randall!

Congratulations to Randall Maggs who was presented Wednesday with the E.J. Pratt award for his book Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems which I’ve written about here and here. The book won the Winterset award earlier…

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time and shaggy dogs and pretty flowers

Yesterday was a busy day: Faculty meeting at 10 followed by lunch with some colleagues followed by some work in my office followed by shopping and alterations errands followed by Pilates class all topped off…

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