Solo Travel and Then . . .

I’m home now, looking back on those 17 days of solo travel as I settle into the daily rhythm of life here. From sketching in Lisbon, visiting the Prado in Madrid, being a flâneuse in Paris, and then back making bread in my Vancouver kitchen. . .

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Postcards from Three Cities/Countries

Sending you a few postcards from Lisbon, Madrid, and Paris — come window-shop with me as I wind up this trip.

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A Week (of OOTDs) in Lisbon

A quick post before I leave Lisbon, just to share What I Wore — I made some bolder choices colour-wise this trip, and the capsule wardrobe is working surprisingly well. Click through to see. . .

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Books Read, March 2024

If you’re looking for something to read — literary fiction, mystery, memoir, spy novel, gardening, road trip books in translation — I have a few to recommend from my March reading. Click through to see, and be sure to check out the bookchat that generally builds in the comments (maybe you’ll leave a comment, even a recommendation of your own). . .

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More (than) Mending

A Three-Part Post: Some Recommendations of TV series and films; a recent mending project; and some thoughts on being 80 from an artist’s journal. Click through to read more.

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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 And it should go without saying, but apparently needs to be said: Do not publish entire posts as your own.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.