I’m a bit chagrined to remember my first thoughts on waking this morning — running through the day’s itinerary, I groaned at the thought of my regularly scheduled Wednesday run and felt rather put-upon at…
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1. The summer before last, Paul and I watched this film en français, in a great little repertory cinema in Bordeaux. We grasped enough to know it was powerful, very moving, but we knew we’d…
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Tomorrow I meet the first of my new classes, and I’m almost ready to put this winter break behind me and take up the rhythm of the year again. We’ve had a quiet few days…
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“Embiggen” this photo to get a better view of the exuberant, joyful transformation of the formerly drab, industrial cement silos at Granville Island — by Brazilian artists Os Gemeos as part of Vancouver Biennale …
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Right after I finished writing the last post here, I headed out for a run. Crossing the bridge, I almost turned back, the sidewalk icy under the layer of snow. But while the footing was…
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