I’ve finally finished my Chevron scarf (pattern from Last-Minute Gifts), thank goodness — the knitting seemed to go on and on forever. Not surprisingly, I suppose, given that this Handmaiden Cashmere (sooo yummy!) is a…
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When we lived in Prince Rupert (on BC’s north coast), and our kids were small, family and friends would make the long drive or fly up from the Vancouver area to visit. Then we moved…
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Paterfamilias is on an icebreaker wending his way through “a sea of light,” as he put it — the surrounding ice, after all, reflects the sunlight all twenty-four hours of the day. Oddly, while I’m…
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It’s this one’s birthday again, but she’s far away from me, in Toronto, where she’s cooking in the kitchens of a rather chic restaurant at an architectural hotspot (Torontonians such as Duchesse will probably guess,…
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Before you start reading today’s post, can I ask if you know about my Anniversary contest? Please go leave a commentat the contest post where you have a chance to win a book. Can you…
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