Pre-Christmas-shopping fortification, exquisite French breakfast pastries and coffee at Thierrry, a precious quiet moment with Pater… If my blog stats are any indication, the busy-ness of the season is already taking readers from the screen…
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I wrote this post four years ago, when Nola was just two but already had much to teach us about how to enjoy the joys of the season. I realize, as I wind up my…
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1. This gorgeous paella was our New Year’s Eve feast. My guy is a whiz at this dish and this time he really loaded up on the seafood. I’d like to say it was a…
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Random post-Christmas notes: On my long run this morning (23km, along the Stanley Park Seawall, and then doubling back), I managed to witness the moment, at an outdoor wedding overlooking the beach, when the Officiant…
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Twelve of us, including two excited little girls, crowded together in the small city apartment of our son and daughter-in-law, opening lovingly chosen, thoughtful gifts, filling plates with my tourtieres or the shrimp-spinach quiche…
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