can you keep a secret?

I got my hair cut — quite seriously cut — this afternoon and I managed not to blurt this news out in my nightly phone chat with Pater, so my family will all be very…

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rainbows and puppies and seals, oh my!

Isn’t this double rainbow heartening? I never get tired of spotting these — they bring me as much delight as when I was a child. This was the view from our porch on Saturday —…

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Today’s Blessings:

Following La Belette Rouge’sexample, I offer you a brief list of things I’m loving right now: 1. I get home about 6:45, and I’ve generally already walked 90 minutes (to and from school) OR walked…

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now that was a weekend!

This photo, which has nothing to do with this post, was taken in Lisbon this summer, near the Praca Rossio. I’m including it ’cause I think you need a visual and I’ve got nothing else…

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Girlcook and Materfamilias Eating in Toronto

Let me hand the mike over to my daughter, Megan, also known as Girlcook when she comments and as Dramatic Sprout when she blogs. She’s so much more knowledgeable about food (what with being a…

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