Paris, Books, and Heritage . . .

I wrote this post months and months ago, then added the photos several weeks ago. Still, I’ve held onto it, hesitating to click on the “Publish” button. It’s closer to me than most of my…

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Battening down the hatches — Mater worries like a Mater!

In 2006, some of you might remember hearing, hurricane-force winds took down one thousand (yes, 1000!) trees in Vancouver’s Stanley Park. The devastation was visually and emotionally stunning to us on the West Coast. In…

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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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hats, movies, drinks, sushi, and music, glorious music

Yes, I finished Koolhaas, wove the ends in, and even took a self-portrait wearing it. Not sure if I’ll keep it or put it in the gift pile. I used a leftover skein of Diamond…

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Weekend Tidbits

Somewhat random observations over the weekend: 1. Sad to hear that Madeleine L’Engle died this weekend, but at 88, she’d had a full life. My younger sister introduced me to A Wrinkle in Time in…

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