2019’s Blank Pages to Fill — with Bravissimo’s Galore. . .

I tend not to make resolutions at New Year’s, preferring to adjust goals and aspirations more often. I have used the occasion several times to resolve once again “to want what I have” [rather than…

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Saturday Seven . . . Delivering Happiness and Books and Film . . .

Feeling a bit scattered right now. A few too many ambitions and projects and commitments, and I haven’t quite figured how to get my head above it all long enough to achieve some coherence. But…

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Words and Images in Lyon

 These cartoons, created for World Book Day 2018 by a host of international cartoonists, were displayed in a square we walked through in Lyon this past May.  You’ll have to squint a bit to read…

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A Memoir of Love and Grief: The Bereavement Phase of a Marriage

Photo courtesy of an interview for the VIUPoints feature in a recent issue of Vancouver Island University’s online magazine I want to say a few words about a very special book I’ve just finished, and I’ve…

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Friday’s Five

A very quick Friday Five, accompanied by Gratuitous Photos taken on a Sunny Spring Run. 1. I’ve written those 500 words twice this week, so that I now have over 5000. These are, of course,…

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