Break-ing Stripes

 We’re at the start of Reading Break now, and just in time! Besides running a Half Marathon last weekend, I’ve had a number of smaller commitments that have added up to fatigue (went to bed…

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Reading for Work

Much of the reading I’ve done so far this year has been work-related. I read an edited anthology of essays on West Coast writing in order to review the book (Making Waves: Reading BC and…

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Happy or Not, Here I Run . . .

I’m in one of those moods which don’t accommodate blogging very well — the whole enterprise seems dubious and narcissistic and, above all, time consuming! I did get Pater to snap some WIW shots of…

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Past-a perfect. . .

A few months ago, when Hostess was having problems with her attempts at homemade pasta, I commented that my husband, who’s been making it for decades, claimed it simple to make although I’ve never tried…

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A dapper working man . . .

Too busy with work to write much, but I thought I’d share this photo I was recently shown of my maternal grandfather; my best guess is this would be sometime around 1910-1915. I mentioned here…

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