What I Wore — My Last Teaching Day Outfits Before My Wardrobe and I Retire . . .

 I’ve been conscious, these last few weeks as I chose what to wear for teaching, that I won’t be dressing for my lectern gigs anymore. Not that I have to dress up much for work,…

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Sunday, Looking Back

 Kicking back on Sunday, looking over my shoulder at the week. . . . Thought I’d share a few images from the garden (a species tulip flashing its prettily-patterned throat; Solomon’s Seal thrusting upward through…

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Five Things Friday: A Movie, A Book, Some Tulips, and an Impending Event or Two . . .

1. I have embarked on the last big marking session of my academic career. Every attempt at complaint, I know, will be met by the reassuring reminder that “You only have x more of those…

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Instant Tranquility, Honest . . .

I wasn’t going to post here this morning, thinking I’d leave you withmy Cauliflower Soup until tomorrow (!), but I’ve been playing around with Instagram ever since I got my new iPhone a few weeks…

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Soup for One . . . or More!

I came home to an empty house quite a few days last month, as Paul stayed in Vancouver to help out with the grandkids. To be honest, I like the solitude, although I wouldn’t want…

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