Say It With Flowers: Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to all of you! I’m illustrating my sentiments with a  photo of a vase left by my mother — who died five years ago yesterday,  on Easter Sunday — filled with a few…

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Friday’s Five. . .

1. It’s sunny today, with that brisk wind that often comes along to sweep the gloom out of the way. Very welcome as yesterday the skies poured and poured and poured out buckets, and I…

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A Lazy Weekend. . . With Task-Oriented Shoes

Since I wrote here last, it snowed heavily for a day — we accumulated something like 15 centimetres, so enough to impede mobility and encourage a lazy weekend. I cancelled my appointment with the dental…

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Coming Attractions: Solo Travel Recap and a Day for Me!

A few readers have mentioned that they’d like to know more about the solo portion of this last trip.  While we likely all know women “of a certain age” who have always travelled adventurously —…

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Pulling Myself Together! A Post-Travel Invitation

When I learned that the theme for this month’s By Invitaton Only posts was “Unity,” I’ll admit to being rather intimidated. Such big ideas come under this umbrella, and I wondered how I could contribute…

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