A Monday Morning in March . . .

Just letting you know that I’ve posted a new article on Substack: “On Writing the Ordinary, and Why that Matters (Against the Ob-literation of so much that we value). It was prompted, in large part, by the upending I felt — as did many/most of you, I know — in watching Friday’s horrifying imbroglio. I suppose you could say it’s my ode to what keeps me going, comforts and inspires me in my quotidian domestic, my daily rounds. Click through to read an excerpt and access links that will take you to my Substack post.

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Sunday Six — A Grab Bag of Moments

A Miscellany of Random for you this morning. Moments from my Autumn, Glimpses at my Travel Photo Album — I hope you enjoy!

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Random Observations From a Still-Sexagenarian

As I reach the end of my 60s, I’ve had some recurrent thoughts about ageing, mortality, my worth, my legacy, I suppose. . . And I’ve set them down rather randomly to share, to see if any of these resonate. Also shared a little goal I have for that Big Birthday looming on next year’s horizon. . Curious? Click through to read on, please.

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Must Be Mid-to-Late September Because . . .

. . . While life’s perhaps not as busy as it was before I retired — or, at least, the Busy isn’t Obligatory Busy-ness — last week I was molto impegnata, molto occupata (Very Busy! using two…

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Monday Miscellany

Let’s mix it up today. Starting with this cutie. . . some of you will have seen photos of this turtle checking on my container garden on the terrace, but since then, I’ve knit them…

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