I suppose the scene above looks rather scrubby, but it’s exemplary of what I’ve loved about our island since before we bought a place here: the ungroomed roadsides, with grasses that grow knee-to-hip-high in the…
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I posted the other dayabout a new home being moved onto our island and some unhappiness about the damage the move did enroute — I wasn’t home when one of the neighbours circulated a petition…
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I heard a sealion barking nearby while I was drinking my tea this morning, so I grabbed my camera and headed out to look. I couldn’t see it although the barking continued sporadically, so instead…
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Wednesday morning, up early to catch the 7:55 ferry, making sure I had everything packed for a day of teaching and an evening in Vanc’r taking in a concert, I spotted this out the window…
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Like these boats, the weekend sailed by quickly and enjoyably. The pace of academic life is such that from the beginning of each term, we quickly start counting the weeks, and while weeks five, six,…
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