Happy Anniversary to Me, Prizes for You

Since I first dipped my toes in the blogging waters a year ago, these girls have gone from falling in the fishpond(only one of them, thank goodness!) to helpfully gathering seaweed for my garden this…

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Beautiful Portugal

Snapshots of Figueroa del Foz, our first stop in Portugal after renting a little Fiat in Lisbon and driving north and towards the coast, pleased to find that navigating the main motorway, at least, was…

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Happy Birthday, Adam! and a Happy Independence Day too!

Here are my daughter and her partner, checking out the bald eagles on their visit this weekend. Good friends in high school, they’ve been living together for 12 or so years now, and married for…

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What I Wore: Self-scrutiny in Paris

Over at Retail Recovery,yesterday’s post asks what fashion tyrannies rule in our individual worlds, prompting me to write finally about something that I’ve been thinking about ever since the day I wore this in Paris:…

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A Rant-balancing Bouquet on Canada Day

Having indulged in a rant, however reasonable and muted I believe that rant to have been, it seems only right to offer a bouquet. The coppery roses are Royal Sunset, the yellow ones Graham Thomas,…

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