Transition to Home

Seasonal shift reflected in the pots outside on the terrace, and I’m shifting/shifted as well, back home after four months away, grounding myself in the daily pleasures (and challenges) of mending and making. Clearing some space for integrating travel experiences into my present, carrying them forward, seeing how they’ve changed me. Stop by if you have a minute — just click through.

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Solo Travel and Then . . .

I’m home now, looking back on those 17 days of solo travel as I settle into the daily rhythm of life here. From sketching in Lisbon, visiting the Prado in Madrid, being a flâneuse in Paris, and then back making bread in my Vancouver kitchen. . .

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Back Home, Echoes of Italy . . .

Back Home, I begin to sort photographs and memories and journal notes, and, as I’ve done before, begin to integrate my experiences Away with my daily life here at home. Making connections between here and there. . . maybe you do this as well?

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Sketchy Days, Covid Confinement, Quotidian Comforts. . .

 I realized last week that I haven’t done much (hardly any!) of the sketching I thought I’d find time for during this confinement, so I unearthed a mini watercolour sketchbook and decided to try filling…

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Dusting off the Archives . . . Blast from the Past

Thanks for the thoughtful and thought-provoking comments in response to my last post. I’m not done with this topic (of responsible consumerism in all its complications) yet, and I hope to chat about it with…

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Unless otherwise stated, all words and photographs in this blog are my own. If you wish to use any of them, please give me credit for my work. And it should go without saying, but apparently needs to be said: Do not publish entire posts as your own. I will take the necessary action to stop such theft. Thanks.