Running Rachel Rocks the Race!

Yet another “little” sister for me to boast of: My sister Rachel ran the Half-Marathon part of the Vancouver International Marathon yesterday, and not only beat her personal best, but was in the top 5…

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Hey Sis!

Happy 40th Birthday to my Baby Sister, Kathy. One of the wonders of aging is the amazing rapidity with which little ones grow up. I clearly remember my baby sister singing, pitch-perfect, at three, mimicking…

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Thanks and a busy weekend

I’m bowled over by the support and encouragement I received from readers in comments to my last post. To have such thoughtful, bright, perceptive, and articulate people bother to read and comment about my writing…

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Girlcook and I play Dressup

My daughter, Megan, is here visiting for a week before she heads out to Toronto to live with her boyfriend. She’s been away cooking at a heliskiing lodge over the winter, and we’ve missed her.…

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what I wore — the opera!

This picture’s neither flattering nor even very clear (in the photographer’s defense, it’s tough to photograph black) but supposedly it’s worth a thousand words. I’m posting it because I felt good about dressing for the…

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