Waiting. And Thinking. And Waiting

I posted this not long before I went to bed last night, and when I woke at 3, it seemed a mistake, as so many things do at 3 a.m. I groggily found my way…

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For that One Particular Fly, Nana. . . Families and Health

Throughout my pregnancies — so 30 and more years ago — there were some tests available to ascertain the health of the fetus, but not nearly as many as there are now, nor were they…

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Here and There, a (Memory) Visit to Keukenhof

One of the wonderful and fascinating results of travel, for me, is the way memory grabs certain moments and returns you to them randomly. So that often, you might be in the middle, say, of…

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Foggy Thoughts from the Margins

You might well be wearying of my consideration of the liminal space, or spaces, I perceive myself occupying these days. I’d be the first to acknowledge that it’s a privileged Liminality, particularly now when so…

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Paris Windows and the Liminality of Retirement

I loved the graphic patterns in neutral colours in this fall window in Bordeaux Oh my goodness! I’ve been home over two weeks now, and my post-travel thoughts on transition are at grave risk of…

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