Moving into the Year

Tomorrow I meet the first of my new classes, and I’m almost ready to put this winter break behind me and take up the rhythm of the year again. We’ve had a quiet few days…

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New Year — a Sombre Beginning

 Shortly after I took these photos of sunrise on the last day of 2014, Pater got the news that his mother had passed away earlier that morning. She was 87, had lived a rich, full,…

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Word-less Wednesday — Last of the Year . . .

 This group of Barrow’s Goldeneye ducks drew me to the beach with my camera yesterday, against the freezing temperature — bright sun always heightens the contrast of their dramatic colouring, those white patches flashing enigmatic…

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Season's Sailing

I sketched today’s entry as we sat in the car with fingers crossed, hoping we’d squeak onto the ferry home. Can you tell that’s the e rear view of the SUV in front of us…

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At the Change of the Year…trying out some New!

In the interest of spending a few minutes less in the digital, a few more with the analog; also in the interest of trusting to the eventual coherence of the random and fragmentary over the…

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