My retirement coincided with one of my daughters moving to Rome with her husband and their little girl. This has meant that I’ve had the lucky problem of travelling to Europe twice a year, with…
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1. That orange leather bag (deadstock/vintage) I bought in Portland this past spring and began second-guessing immediately. I decided that since I purchased it, I’d better make a point of using it, and it’s earning…
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Good Monday morning! We’re in the middle of what constitutes a heat wave here in normally rainy Vancouver — no rain for a week or so and there’s none forecast for the next week, with…
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My son and daughter-in-law arrive this afternoon to stay for the weekend with our 3-year-old granddaughter and 3-month-old grandson. Times like this we really miss our waterfront home with a tiny guest cottage in the…
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The frustration involved in sketching this page — which I’m now quite pleased with — doesn’t show, unless you notice the murky marks of erasure, the dirt that’s adhered to hand oils after too much…
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