Couch Potato . . . Cute Version!

Change of pace here while I try to pick up the rhythm of a return to work for one more week of classes — must admit I’d prefer to play couch potato, like my darling…

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AfterMath . . .

First, I must once again thank you all for the richness of supportive comments you have left me. These have been truly sustaining over the past days, and I wish I could have found time…

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Easter, a new family significance. . . .

 We’ve had a lovely weekend here, Paul and I with our daughter B and our g-daughter Nola, a weekend of hikes and beachglass hunts and ice cream sundaes in the sunshine. Of colouring together and…

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Waiting, on Easter Weekend

It feels so odd, alienating, to be here, at home, on the island, while my mother only occasionally achieves consciousness, breathing through her mouth in a deep sleep in a hospice bed across the Strait.…

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Thanks, and an Update

You’re all so fabulous in your warm and supportive comments — they mean so much although I can’t take time  to answer them. My family has to be my priority right now. But I wanted…

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