Counting Down . . .

Wind warning in effect so our Christmas travellers (two daughters, two partners, one granddaughter) will have a rough trip over on the ferry later this morning — when we rode over on Tuesday, we were…

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What He Wore — Shopping with my Boy

Besides the little girl’s birthday party and the half marathon challenge, last weekend included a lovely shopping expedition with my one and only son, resisting the camera’s gaze above. Our mission was to finally choose…

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Birthdays and Other Milestones . . .

What a fabulous weekend! Little girl loved her birthday party, a very simple family-only affair built around some delicious homemade lasagne, garlic bread, caesar salad, topped off by a yummy carrot cake — the best…

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Happy Nana

Saturday, 5-ish, I’m on the couch in the condo, reading, and I look up across the room to the doorway, just opened by Pater to my SIL and my daughter, holding Nola in her arms.…

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Night into Day, Dark into Light . . .

So many of you offered solace or insight at my recent post disclosing a patch of sadness I’ve been going through as a late-middle-aged mother and daughter. I’m happy to note that the breach in…

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