It turns out that mom now has to have chemo, followed by radiation, as the cancer has been a bit more aggressive/invasive than we’d hoped. However, she has good medical support and much support at…
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For my Literary Theory group (a reading group of colleagues from my department), I read Derrida’s essay, “Economimesis” over the past week in preparation for a visiting speaker’s talk Friday afternoon — very challenging and…
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We had a bit of sunshine on Saturday, but then quickly back to this grey bleakness. This freighter anchored just off our beach fits into the colour scheme with its brooding blue. Closer in, as…
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I’m having to remind myself today that I believe in “Blogging Without Obligations,” but my personality makes that a challenge — I start feeling uncomfortable when I’ve gone more than three or four days, yet…
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Honestly, it’s hard to think of a better antidote to cold, dreary, January days than a smoking-hot opera such as Carmen! And the Vancouver Opera Association has done a great job with this production —…
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