clear and cold here, but lighter

It’s cold here on the West Coast: seven degrees below zero, Celsius, last night, so the plumbing was carefully monitored. Taps came on with no problem this morning, always a relief (what we take for…

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hats, movies, drinks, sushi, and music, glorious music

Yes, I finished Koolhaas, wove the ends in, and even took a self-portrait wearing it. Not sure if I’ll keep it or put it in the gift pile. I used a leftover skein of Diamond…

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Colour, please!

It’s been dreary and cold this last week on the West Coast, and I’ve been dreaming about spring in Paris, especially since The Sartorialist is posting street fashion from that city right now following the…

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still thinking about paintings and life

Out for a run after posting about my paintingsyesterday, I started thinking about a couple of smaller marine paintings we bought years ago while living in Prince Rupert. We gave one as a wedding gift…

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some paintings in my life

I’m so enjoying the comments on my post about food memoriesthat I’m a bit reluctant to have something new here potentially shutting down that conversation. Please, if you haven’t commented there yet and have a…

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