Back to the Future — What I Wore

Although the snow is all gone now, and I’m not sad about that at all, I’m happy enough to recall the fleeting beauty it confers on all manner of everyday sights. Here, for example, it…

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Ethel Wilson: Love and Salt Water

The only reason I’m not further behind (right now only about four titles, I think) in this reading log is that I’m not finding much more time to read than I am to write. But…

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Autumn comes before Winter, Yes it does . . .

Although I don’t want to dwell on it too much, because it impinges on others’ privacy, I’ve been grappling with some intense, if occasional, sadness lately, sadness that seems to hit regularly on weekends when…

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Stormy Weather and Sunny Afternoons

Last night’s 70-kilometre/hour winds tested the tarping system covering our roof. Paul was out there in the afternoon, re-attaching the tarp in various spots where the winds had torn it away, and there were several…

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Week’s End, Re-charging . . .

Wow! That was a busy, busy week. The academic workplace demands such a change of energy to move from research, reading, and coursework prep into active teaching mode. And the beginning of term, creating a…

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