First Day of Classes, WIW

It’s been a while since I’ve joined the Visible Monday crowd, and I thought it might be a good excuse for showing my Back-to-School outfit. It’s always such a jerk back to reality, going from…

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Summer Dates, August Weddings

While I’ve been writing about Fava Bean Recipes  and Navy Cashmere Sweaters and Churches in France and Chainsawed Beach Furniture, two dates have been creeping closer and closer. One is the date on which my colleagues and I…

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My new Fava-rite Bean . . . Summer food . . .

 Enamoured of the fava beans I’ve eaten in restaurants, I’ve never been able to find them in the local supermarkets and have been resigning myself to growing our own. Then a couple of Fridays ago,…

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Summer . . . What’s the Buzz?

In the morning, I take my tea down to our little terrace at the beach; it faces directly East so I bask in the morning sun which, even by 7 a.m., can be quite generous.…

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Summer here, Summer there, Conflicts . . . . .

I’m practising my presentation one more time and then will be heading back out to UBC for another day of lively and fascinating discussions about the works of Joss Whedon, here at Slayage 5, an…

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