A Funny Thing Happened at the Dentist’s Office . . . The Realities of a Big Move

When I was back on the island a couple of months ago, taking that two-day drawing coursewith my friend Alison, I bumped into numerous friends and neighbours from our 20+ years there. Fielding questions about…

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Back to Bordeaux via my Illustrated Journal…

Seemed like a very good time to roll the calendar back to a day in Bordeaux, last November, sitting on the terrace of the Café Tourny enjoying a tartine with my grand crème and sketching. .…

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Word-less Wednesday

Honestly, my brain is a roiling mess of thoughts and impressions and even the occasional formulated idea, at the moment, and I’ve got so many jottings toward so many unfinished posts that I despair of…

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Word-less Wednesday

This is going to be the Least Wordy post I have ever written on a Wordless Wednesday — so much to adjust to here, much of it just lovely (family, especially the grandkids) but some…

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Wednesday Illustrations, Autumn in Bordeaux

I want to offer you something today, but franchement, after this morning’s yoga class — oof! what a workout! — and given that we’re due to meet our French tutor in an hour, I can’t…

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