Torn Between Two Lovers, I mean Homes . . .

Right now, it’s beautiful back on our little island, the beach, the waves, the garden, the hammock . . . But I’m still in Vancouver where there are exhibits (Rembrandt/Vermeer at the Vanc’r Art Gallery),…

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We remember Paris . . .

Our trip to Paris this past spring was our fifth in as many years — getting to know the city through repeat visits has allowed us to relax on holiday without ever being bored —…

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Movie-Watching and Procrastination

I’ve been promising myself for weeks and/or months that I’d catch up on listing movies we/ve seen — failing to do so seems occasionally to result in renting a movie a second time, only realizing…

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A Loud Bang and Some Cheering Music

Did you hear that loud bang? That was my summer, coming to a crashing halt. Yesterday I was hanging out in the hammock, reading (admittedly, I was reading a heavily footnoted academic tome, but still).…

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Blog Veil and Knitted “jeans” for Nola

Just as a reminder that a blog, while revealing much about a writer’s personality, only gives its readers a partial view of the blogger’s life. For example, my former doctoral supervisor visited Pater and I…

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