A New Scarf
I finally finished this scarf/shawl (Juno Regina, made in Misti Alpaca laceweight, 2 skeins) just before we left for holidays. The extended warm weather invited blocking, so after soaking the scarf in a Eucalan bath,…
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Beach Days, Here and There
Yesterday was destructively windy in Vancouver (a tree knocked the balcony off someone’s apartment!), but very refreshing here, cooling homes as it whipped up whitecaps on the water. It’s probably stirred the cooler temps back…
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Read on vacation: Charles Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities — poor Pater, there were so many passages that I had to read out loud so that he could appreciate the hilariously dry wit along with…
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“Compare and contrast” essays are central to my arsenal of 1st-year assignments, a more developed version of the old “One of these things is not like the others” game regularly featured on Sesame Street. Marking…
View PostNestling back in, feeling lucky
I’m feeling quite pleased with myself for bringing the good weather back home with me — the whole time we were away, the temperature here rarely got into the low 20s, but this week it’s…
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