Summer’s End? Not Quite, Labour Day, Not Quite. . .

Summer’s not letting Labour Day push her out the door, not here, at least, where we went swimming in the (not so very warm) Pacific last night — delicious! Still, I expect rhythms and activities…

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Beach Stories, Back in the City. . .

Back in the city, under a layer of the smoke that’s covering our province, I’m nonetheless quite happily occupied, enjoying such aspects of city life as watching spectacular fireworks from our balcony, walking to beachside…

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Wednesday What I’m Wearing: Casual Summer LBD

A Little Black Dress to dress up or down. I bought this tasselled, embroidered linen (Madewell) dress last spring (if you scroll down and read the captions on the photos, you can sleuth an image…

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Summer Break, Fall Plans. . .

As I mentioned here not long ago, I’ve just entered my tenth year of blogging, and in all those years, I don’t think I’ve ever gone a week without posting. I’ve also mentioned here recently…

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Monday Monday, Markets and Gardens (and the teeniest smidgen of Melancholia)

 Double birthdays in our family today — our oldest daughter and our son (the last-born) have shared a birthday since she was nine. Neither of them are available to hugs, and texting doesn’t quite cut…

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