Much as we complain about grey, rainy days (ha! more like weeks, no, months!) on the West Coast of Canada, we generally acknowledge our good fortune in wonderful springs that begin unfolding their treasures for…
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As I mentioned last post, we had fun this weekend playing tourist and observing all the visitors to a city I’ve always known. Friday evening we wandered among the crowd for a while, watching the…
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Canada has lost a national treasure, a literary grand dame, as CBC terms her (sadly leaving out her considerable achievements as a visual artist, a painter — an omission rectified in this later CBC report…
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Although my left foot — heel, left instep, ankle, probably Achilles stuff which has happened before and which probably relates to a long-ago broken leg — has been bothering me lately, I haven’t yet felt…
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I borrowed this photo from a CBC news report about this local example of vibrant ageing — Noel Morrow, 90 years old, with Olympics and Empire Games and a few gold medals in her past,…
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