New Year — a Sombre Beginning
Shortly after I took these photos of sunrise on the last day of 2014, Pater got the news that his mother had passed away earlier that morning. She was 87, had lived a rich, full,…
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A (nut) Cracking Night at the Ballet!
Yesterday evening, in the concession lineup with her Mom during the intermission at The Goh Ballet’s The Nutcracker. She really was that happy, absolutely smitten ( even more than when she saw it last year).…
View PostFamilies, Gatherings, Changes…Ah, Life, You Keep Me on my Toes!
We’ve had a golden year of having all four of our kids’s families living in one city. Not so golden that they’re all in our city, but we do have a tiny apartment in theirs, and…
View PostMakes the Season Bright….or How to make Christmas shopping palatable
Home on the island again, after a ferry ride that included an extended orca sighting. A pod swam alongside us, with a few lovely arcing breaches to show off dramatic black and white markings. Oohs…
View PostMore Christmas Blogging. . . Entertaining, shopping, noshing
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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