August to Autumn . . .

I know that’s a rather confusing photo above — what I’m trying to show you is the flower plume on a miscanthus grass in my garden. See there, below, the vertical pluming line at about…

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Building Blocks and Travel

“Compare and contrast” essays are central to my arsenal of 1st-year assignments, a more developed version of the old “One of these things is not like the others” game regularly featured on Sesame Street. Marking…

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More Spring . . .

Usually, I’m happy to get to the weekend, but approaching this one means Reading Break is almost over, and Monday morning brings the return of regular programming. Two meetings (one a doozy at four hours!)…

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It never gets old . . .

Much as we complain about grey, rainy days (ha! more like weeks, no, months!) on the West Coast of Canada, we generally acknowledge our good fortune in wonderful springs that begin unfolding their treasures for…

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playing olympic tourist

As I mentioned last post, we had fun this weekend playing tourist and observing all the visitors to a city I’ve always known. Friday evening we wandered among the crowd for a while, watching the…

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