This trip is a relatively long one for us — we’re over four weeks in, with a little over another week to go before flying home. I planned the first three weeks carefully — all…
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As promised, this watercolour sketch from the travel journal I’m gradually filling this trip. I should tell you that I began this page by trying to draw another very similar historical-architectural remnant, also being used…
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If you’ve been looking at my Instagram feed, you’ll know that we’ve hugged and kissed family good-bye, shed a few tears, and left the island of Hvar — I hope to write more later about…
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This has been a word-heavy week on the blog; Monday’s and Wednesday’s posts each took a fair bit of work. Thank you for your warm and lively response to both. The conversation about breadis great,…
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I asked my maternal grandmother once what her childhood Christmasses were like, whether, on the farm in a deep Manitoba cold just into the 20th century, she had received many, or any, gifts. Sometimes an…
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