Travel and independence and Getting On….Part 1

That screenshot, above, of the GoogleMap directions my sister and I followed this past May from our hotel on the Île St. Louis to Père Lachaise Cemetery is, itself, something of a guide to where…

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Happy Birthday, my Love!

  Happy Birthday to a fabulous Granddad, loving, supportive Dad, and really the best partner I could have found. Yesterday, as I mentioned in this post, he babysat so I could take our daughter out…

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How to Get a Really Quiet House…

We’ve just had the loveliest nine days of family visits. First this sweetheart brought her parents (my son and dear daughter-in-law) along for an extended weekend, and my brother and his wife dropped in for…

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The Sisters Eat in Paris, Part B

In Part A of The Sisters Eat in Paris, I wrote about choosing a restaurant for dining with a friend making her first visit to Paris. I wrote about old favourites and about ways those…

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Still Busy, But It's Alright…

I am so glad I posted my muddled thoughts about the balance I’m trying to strike, newly retired, between catching up on the social life I’ve missed for so much of my working life and…

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