Seattle, Part I

 Here I am in the sitting area on our floor of Seattle’s Best Western Pioneer Square hotel last week, the great old staircase just behind me. The area right around it is a bit rough…

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A Week from Today . . . Travels and Life Changes

A week from today, my sister and I will be headed to the airport, excited about visiting Paris together. We’re both almost packed — she emailed me on Wednesday to say that I should bring…

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Lovely Lazy Weekend

 I’ve had a lovely weekend, a good portion having been spent right here in my leather armchair, reading a yummy mystery novel (Paula Hawkins’ Girl on a Train), shamelessly ignoring the books I have to…

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Weekend Happenings . . .

 See that solid bank of fog just off the next island? It rolled our way by midday Friday, hiding the sunshine we had enjoyed for a few hours.  It settled in thickly, wrapping us up…

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New Year — a Sombre Beginning

 Shortly after I took these photos of sunrise on the last day of 2014, Pater got the news that his mother had passed away earlier that morning. She was 87, had lived a rich, full,…

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