Season's Sailing

I sketched today’s entry as we sat in the car with fingers crossed, hoping we’d squeak onto the ferry home. Can you tell that’s the e rear view of the SUV in front of us…

View Post

Drama, without Disaster, A Worrier Reports . . .

Here’s a little video I made yesterday morning, when I couldn’t get to work because the storm shut down our little ferry. While it was at it, it tore up a few docks, smashed a…

View Post

Steps to Retirement, Little Steps,

Strawberry tree (arbutus uneda) with its magic trick of  offering fruit and flower simultaneously!  I’ve been disappointed with my posts lately, wishing I could find time for some of the reflective writing I really enjoy…

View Post

Recognizing a Friend in an Unexpected Place!

Do you read Cup of Jo? I do, regularly. New York blogger Joanne writes about lifestyle — dress, design, food, music, books, occasionally travel — from the perspective of a young mom of two. Thanks…

View Post

Cold Comfort, Chilly Beauty

Paul got delayed in Vancouver over the weekend (emergency childcare for a granddaughter; taking a daughter to visit his mother as she moves toward palliative care). I stayed on the island with my marking and…

View Post

Copyright

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 And it should go without saying, but apparently needs to be said: Do not publish entire posts as your own.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