calming down in the fog

First, thanks to those of you who wished my mom and my family well as she went through surgery and the following treatment period. Surgery went well on Friday, only the second of its laparoscopically-guided…

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Stuck in the Middle With . . . Worry and Guilt!

We spotted this charmingly cheery graffiti near some guerrilla gardening along the railroad tracks not far from Vancouver’s Granville Island back in November, the day before Nola was born actually. Cheery seems just the ticket…

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knitting update — first of 2009

My first knitting FO (finished object) of the New Year, waaaaay behind Jillian over at Sknitty. I actually had this finished by January 5th or 6th but had to wait to show it here because…

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Reading Mysteries

Just a quick note: Back in the swing of term now, overwhelmed by reading I have to do, I can scarcely believe the phenomenon I experienced again over the holidays. I’m sure some of you…

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all nola, all the time ’round here

I’ve been struggling again with the point, or value, of this blog, especially since I have other areas of my life that could use this time — the writing, especially, could be directed towards some…

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Copyright

Unless otherwise stated, all words and photographs in this blog are my own. If you wish to use any of them, please give me credit for my work. And it should go without saying, but apparently needs to be said: Do not publish entire posts as your own. I will take the necessary action to stop such theft. Thanks.