Funnily enough, at least in retrospect, I hurried to finish Winter, a collection of last year’s (five) Massey Lectures. Joining a long list of illustrious speakers (Thomas King, Margaret Atwood, Northrop Frye, Ursula Franklin, Noam…
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A favourite iris is blooming — it was a favourite of my Dad’s, and he and Mom divided one from their garden and planted it in mine at least 15 years ago. Dad’s been gone…
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Besides viewing some wonderful art while we were away, we also enjoyed a variety of live music performances. In Bordeaux’s gorgeous Opera House, we shared a beautifully decorated box with a lovely older couple and…
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Hope you won’t mind — I’m posting this at both of my blogs this morning, so there’s the exact postover hereas well. Much as we loved Amsterdam when visiting it last month for the first…
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I’m posting the same text on both my blogs this morning as it seems to fit equally in both contexts. So it’s overhere as well . . . Much as we loved Amsterdam when visiting…
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