Monday, Looking Forward, Looking Back . . . with sketches. . .

One of you clever readers (I’ve just looked back to check: it was Barbara of Coastal Ripples) commented at my post of two Mondays ago that she’s adopted a more relaxed schedule and pace for…

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Fall Friday Five — Garden Blooms, OOTDS, No Sealing Wax Nor Cabbages. . . .

Miscellany ‘r’ Us today, because 1. I’ve a five-hour roundtrip jaunt to take a girlfriend out for birthday lunch. All on public transit (except for the part I’ll be transported by Shank’s Mare), so I’ll…

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Urban Condo Life — Year Four?!

October 1st! Not only have we begun the last quarter of a year which — is it just me? — seems to have only just begun. But Pater and I have also just begun the…

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Editing My Bookshelves, Part II

Last post, I told you about culling my bookshelves recently as part of a project to transform the closet in our TV/Guest Room/Library into a workspace that would allow me some room to sprawl and be…

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September, A Month (of what I wore) and a Day (of so-much-to-do)

Such an interesting conversation still ongoing at my last post, about schedules in retirement, but also touching on what gets called “work” and what doesn’t; on the difference it makes, to a couple, which partner…

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