Our Paris Apartment (rental. . . )

Classes start tomorrow morning, and I expect I’ll be too distracted to write much for the next few days. While I’m settling in to a new term, conscious of my promise to reveal some of…

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Christmas Hooky . . . Time Out!

What a good thing I had committed myself tofinding Christmas in the moment, yesterday morning. As it turned out, not only our 8:30 ferry, but then also the 10:30 and the 12:30 were cancelled, due…

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November Light (Gone now, but we remember)

 We’re plunged back into another week (at least) of rain and wind and dreary grey skies here, but yesterday and Friday.  . . . Ah, that was a different story. . .  I’ve had a…

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Autumn Puttering — That’s What Rainy Days Are For!

After weeks of record-breaking drought (the driest September ever recorded in Vancouver; here in Nanaimo, the driest since 1998, which had broken all previous). . . . it’s baaaaack! Yes, we can almost hear the…

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Giving Thanks . . . and Being Honest . . .

Photos of the colourful blooms, leaves, and berries enlivening my autumn garden. So much to be thankful for. We had our Thanksgiving dinner here on Saturday evening to accommodate the working schedule of New Daughter-in-Law.…

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