The spookiest thing about this Hallowe’en is how completely the day got away from me, heading off in a direction of its own that has nonetheless been quite satisfying and even productive. But that didn’t…
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Have any of you read Helene Hanff’s 84 Charing Cross Road or seen the movie based on this wonderful 20-year correspondence between a New York writer and the London used-book store whose address gives the book…
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Thanks for the feedback and suggestions about my upcoming trip to Edinburgh. After I leave that city, I have a day of train travel to my next destination and then, a few days later, another…
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I have a few days to myself at home, and I was going to tell you what I was doing with them, explain to you just how obviously Introvert Am I!. . . (hint: knitting,…
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We’ve had a glorious September and October here in Vancouver, but it does seem that our run of wonderful weather has come to an end, and the watersheds will soon be replenished. . . Fog…
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