Monday Morning: Of Sketches and To-Do Lists

 After a busy enough weekend, I’m trying to establish a productive but easy schedule for the week ahead.  I did manage to post over on my Reading Blog yesterday — it’s been a long while,…

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La Rentrée Gets Real — Fall’s Rhythms Are Happening, People!

We’re just back from a two-day getaway at Harrison Hot Springs Resort, a two-hour drive from Vancouver, but an entirely different world.  Paul (also known here as Pater) booked the stay as a belated–or perhaps,…

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Creativity of the Ordinary and the Quirkily Personal. . .

If I tell you that sometimes when I’m awake at 3 or 4 in the morning, I think of my blog — either in general or with a particular post in mind — and am…

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Bordeaux Sketches — Grocery to Table. . .

 We’re off paddling this morning, but I have just enough time to share a couple of pages from my Bordeaux sketchbook. . . Top left, the sheep’s yoghurt I loved (the shapely little glass decorated…

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Maybe I’m Comin’ Around . . .

With apologies to Steve Earle. . . and with many thanks to you for your empathy. . . Thought it might reassure you to know that I sketched a page in my journal yesterday. It…

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