Five Things on a Boxing Day Friday

1. A longstanding Boxing Day tradition, beginning a new book. I unwrapped this one yesterday (thank you Pater) and am happily settling in with it and a steadily replenished teacup. 2. Did you know that…

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Merry Merry Christmas

We’ve been hanging out with a newly 2-year old granddaughter while her parents take a break for some movie-going, no-kids-shopping, Christmas house-prepping fun. That means we got to go for sushi together and wrap presents…

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A (nut) Cracking Night at the Ballet!

Yesterday evening, in the concession lineup with her Mom during the intermission at The Goh Ballet’s The Nutcracker. She really was that happy, absolutely smitten ( even more than when she saw it last year).…

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Families, Gatherings, Changes…Ah, Life, You Keep Me on my Toes!

 We’ve had a golden year of having all four of our kids’s families living in one city. Not so golden that they’re all in our city, but we do have a tiny apartment in theirs, and…

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Pacing Myself, Staying Still — Keeping Fitness Real

“Embiggen” this photo to get a better view of the exuberant, joyful transformation of the formerly drab, industrial cement silos at Granville Island — by Brazilian artists Os Gemeos as part of Vancouver Biennale  …

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