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Postcards from Ston, Croatia

Postcards from Ston, Croatia

 I haven’t been pen-and-ink sketching in my written journal much this visit,  doing watercolour sketches in a separate journal instead (I’ll post my latest watercolour tomorrow or Wednesday, flaws and all). But a few mornings…

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Spring-ing Up, a Busy March. . .

Spring-ing Up, a Busy March. . .

 Next week, posts on my bread-making (with links to a Sourdough Bread recipe) and on my newly completed Birkin sweater (shown in yesterday’s Instagram post), but for today I just want to get us outside,…

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A Brief Intermission . . .

A Brief Intermission . . .

I find I need to hit the Refresh button here. I don’t know that I’ve ever taken a full week away from the blog in the more than ten years I’ve been blogging, and it…

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Culinary Croatia Calls, via Guest Blogger Dottoressa — And What a Delicious Call It is!

Culinary Croatia Calls, via Guest Blogger Dottoressa — And What a Delicious Call It is!

Most of my readers will already know Dottoressa from her regular generous and thoughtful comments, and you will also have had the chance to read her recent Guest Post here where she tells us about…

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One Monday Closer to Moving Day and I’m…

One Monday Closer to Moving Day and I’m…

Doing: riding the ferry back to the island. Reading: Karl Ove Knausgaard’s Dancing in the Dark Planning: To winnow more goods into our garage sale/giveaway pile. Chaff/wheat!. Then to wrap the rest of the wheat very…

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