Visibly Lounging . . .

I’m having the lovelist day today. Paul’s flown down to Portland for a week’s work, and I’d intended to ferry home in anticipation of being back on campus tomorrow (we’re enjoying our first-ever Family Day…

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In the Running . . .

Here’s an enlarged cropped photo my husband took with his cellphone as I ran past him about 300 metres from the Finish Line of the Vancouver First Half Marathon this morning. I was surfing a…

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Dressing to Face the Elements, Whatever those Elements Might Be!

My daily commute demands a lot from my garb, particularly the outerwear. It has to shield me from wind on my short bike ride to the ferry (the same bike ride means I’m careful about…

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Still Gotta Get Dressed, Right?

 Sad is sad, and there’s no getting around life’s challenges, but a woman’s still got to get dressed. I so appreciate having some tried-and-true choices that (I think) still pack a little punch for those…

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Memories and Some Sartorial Splendour

Yesterday was the date my 3-years-younger brother died, unexpectedly and suddenly, in 1976, a date that stings me every year. This year, I decided to mark it by memorizing* Verse 54 of Alfred Lord Tennyson’s…

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