a window on my world

Excepting my “wearing red day,”this is my first contribution to Project Spectrum. I took this photo early one morning last week as some wintry sunlight stoked the fires of our orange drapes. The photo is,…

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Random Thoughts on a Sick Day

I’m home sick today, hoping that one good day of rest will stave off the bronchitis or laryngitis that I’ve seen develop in colleagues from this same nasty bug. I’m getting impatient for a return…

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winter skies

I woke up still miserable with a cold, but today’s class couldn’t be missed — the two snow days we’ve had this term have fallen on Tuesday, so we’re already pressed to stay on schedule.…

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some winter beauty, warm legs, good reading

Although I complain about the cold weather lately, and the ice and snow makes it hard to hike up the hill to work, when the sun comes out and shines on the snow-capped Coast Mountains…

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clear and cold here, but lighter

It’s cold here on the West Coast: seven degrees below zero, Celsius, last night, so the plumbing was carefully monitored. Taps came on with no problem this morning, always a relief (what we take for…

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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 And it should go without saying, but apparently needs to be said: Do not publish entire posts as your own.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.