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Notes on Marking, on Sparkly Festive at the Opera, and a Sunday Review

Notes on Marking, on Sparkly Festive at the Opera, and a Sunday Review

I was delighted to find that the first paper I marked on Friday morning, first of this term’s 80+ research papers to be marked over the next week or two, was an excellent paper. Besides…

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First Five November Friday Things. . . .Food, Books, Colourful Knits, Opera. . . .

First Five November Friday Things. . . .Food, Books, Colourful Knits, Opera. . . .

Five Things? I can do that, this Friday morning at the beginning of November. . . . Let’s see. 1.  The Vancouver Opera production of Tosca, which we saw last Saturday, was sumptuously satisfying. Wonderfully…

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Weekend Sketch

Weekend Sketch

Lovely weather, lovely weekend. My enthusiasm for posting has been stifled somewhat by an anonymous comment left on my last post, so I’ll just do a quick recap and post these photos I arranged before…

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I Am the Very Model of . . . What I Wore to the Opera!

I Am the Very Model of . . . What I Wore to the Opera!

Popping my head up again from my marking to bring you a What I Wore to the Opera post.  And, if you’re anywhere near Vancouver, to tell you why you should consider giving yourself a…

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Visible at the Opera . . .

Visible at the Opera . . .

Visible, indeed. I debated showing you a photo of the dress’ back seam, unstitched from mid-shoulder-blades to the waist. Because the dress fits relatively loosely through that section, the seam is never drawn tautly open,…

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