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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What I Wore — Before the Opera

I see that the Vancouver Opera Blog hasposted about Blogging Night at the Operaand has linked to me and to mythree fellow Bloggers at the Opera. I wish I didn’t have to head to campus…

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Motorcycle Mania, Older Women, and Academic Fashion

Apropos of recent posts by two of my favourite bloggers, Miss Cavendish and Une Femme, I hereby offer you the latest addition to my wardrobe, photo taken from the Mackage. website. As a female academic…

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Garden Patience

How ironic that having waited summer after summer after summer for close to a decade for this Acanthus mollis to bloom, disappointed every year that the dramatic foliage didn’t reveal any of the bear-breeched stalks,…

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A Different Look For Me — Half Marathon!!

Most of the photos I post of myself here concern my efforts to look my best, to develop a style of my own. Much as I want to contribute to the diversity of images we…

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 And it should go without saying, but apparently needs to be said: Do not publish entire posts as your own.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