Colour for foggy days

Yes, they do, and they interrupted our sleep all last night. There is still thick enough fog that we can’t see Gabriola Island which is only a few kilometres from us, nor can I locate…

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A Meal to Remember

I wrote this post last Saturday, before we got the call that Bronwen and Adam had a home birth planned, before we went to the opera, and, especially, before our new little granddaughter was born.…

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The child that is born on the Sabbath day . . .

Here she is, baby Nola, born Sunday, November 23rd, just before 10 a.m.– the child that is born on the Sabbath day, is bonny and bright and good and gay (and this nursery rhyme, of…

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Big News Comes in a Small Package

I have a granddaughter, born after an intense, amazing night — we joined the party about 3 am last night and I got to help as birth coach assistant to my SIL, Adam. A home…

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Opera while Waiting

We’re off to the opera (Eugene Onegin). After I got my hair done yesterday with no labour interruptions (and again, big changes with the hair, thanks to my stylist’s powers of persuasion), I thought our…

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