Busy’s good, right? Or at least, some kinds of busy are particularly good, and family busy, when you’re a Nana and the mom of four great young adults with four fabulous partners, busy is very…
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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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Just a year ago . . . my beautiful sister, pictured above, drove my Mother downtown to join our twig of the family tree–myself, Mom’s oldest daughter, with Paul, her son-in-law; our four children, her…
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Not quite so tired after a good night’s sleep, but still conserving energy — aiming it towards the shopping and the marking and, let’s be honest, the festive activities including the meet-up I have planned…
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I’m a bit frustrated with the Blogger-iPad interface at the moment. I’m in Vancouver, so I’m dependent on the tablet, but I’d uploaded photos for a post and begun writing it, hoping to finish and…
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