My Hair’s Not Introverted!

 I’m off to my stylist’s today and will be getting this mane evened out a bit, my regular 6-week trim and colour adjustment.  . . About a year ago, having realized how often my head…

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Congratulations, Alice Munro!

Derek Shapton/McClelland and Stewart photo borrowed from Globe and Mail article.  How I wish I had time to write up a quick post chortling about Alice Munro’s Nobel Prize! I’d tell you which of her…

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Smart Mothers — oh, the pressure!

The most significant benefit my android-powered phone offers me is frequent and easy contact with my kids, particularly in the form of texts, which are often delightfully accompanied by a photo of a granddaughter. I…

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Life, Death, Work, Changes. . . All on a Sunday Morning?

Since you’ve been so understanding, and since a number of you have encouraged me to write through this tough time, should I be so inclined, I’m going to try to articulate some of what I’m…

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If You Go Down to the Woods Today . . .

Please note that you can get up close and personal with all the wildlife pictured in this post by clicking on the photos to enlarge them . . . just watch out for the giant…

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 And it should go without saying, but apparently needs to be said: Do not publish entire posts as your own.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