can you keep a secret?

I got my hair cut — quite seriously cut — this afternoon and I managed not to blurt this news out in my nightly phone chat with Pater, so my family will all be very…

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not all rainbows but still (very still)

Can you bear a few more weather/view shots? I can’t help but be mesmerized by the rich variety of different horizons that modulate in front of my windows over the course of days, weeks, months,…

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rainbows and puppies and seals, oh my!

Isn’t this double rainbow heartening? I never get tired of spotting these — they bring me as much delight as when I was a child. This was the view from our porch on Saturday —…

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Anne Enright’s The Gathering

I’m making slow progress through the various piles of books “decorating” our house these days. But I won’t apologize for taking over a week to finish Anne Enright’s The Gathering. Last year’s Man Booker winner,…

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New-Again Beloved Old Shoes

It’s been a while since there was anything remotely fashion-y or “what the mature woman is wearing” ’round here. Just too busy, and then when I get a minute, I fill it up right away…

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