Last week on Instagram, I posted a sketch inspired by a photo of my mother in Greece, circa 1981. Some asked to see the photo itself, so I’ve posted it here, along with my recollections (disappointingly thin, I reproach myself!) of a trip my Mother took — without my Dad — 40 years ago. Also some musings about Time and Memory and Family — so strange from the perspective of a Late Sexagenarian. . . Perhaps you can relate?
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Everything from yellow boots to Italian castles to young French men preening to a favourite What I Wore. . . filling the pages of my messy sketch journal, I end up with a book of memories. Want a peek? Just click through. . .
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It was our 47th anniversary this week, and I had thought I might develop a post around this photo of an elastic-ball band I’ve been building over the last eighteen months or so. If I’d…
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Canada Day– July 1st, the celebration of the confederation of the first four provinces in 1867 — has always been a problematic day for many Canadians. Chinese-Canadians, for example, have referred to it as Humiliation…
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One of my blog intentions for 2021 was to duplicate here my Books Read This Month post from Materfamilias Reads, I had intended to try this doubled-posting approach until the end of the year and…
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