Christmas Past

We had a lovely, lovely Christmas. Despite all my anxieties, we got here safely, altho’ the chains did NOT fit the vehicle, as Paul found when trying to strap them on in order to make…

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Merry White Christmas

Well, here in our little city, we’ve currently got the most snow in BC with 86 centimetres since December 12 — it’s a record I’d gladly surrender, but instead it might even get worse. There’s…

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They do grow up: friends at Christmas

The first time it happens for most of us is somewhere around our early twenties — we bump into someone we used to babysit or a friend’s much younger sibling, a cousin we remember as…

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Christmas shopping

So there’s me, Saturday morning, heading out for some Christmas shopping. Flat boots so I can put in the shopping miles comfortably, light coat which will break the wind and fend off the rain but…

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Scenes from a lovely day

I’m going to show you a few scenes from our very happy Christmas Day. First, in case you’re interested, the Christmas Eve tourtière was fabulous — we got home from Victoria about 6, I rolled…

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