Sheila Watson’s The Double Hook

In retrospect, the contrast between Keith Richards’ Life and the book I chose to read after it couldn’t be more amusing. I’d say it confirms my eclectic range! From Richards’ fat juicy romp of an ode…

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Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Thinking about my upcoming trip has been a welcome relief from some of the ugly weather we’ve had around here. But now that I’m actually packing my suitcase, making long lists of bill-paying and petcare-arranging…

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Keith Richards’ Life

Keith Richards’ Life: what a lively romp of a book. I’m not sure how much Richards wrote and how much “co-writer” James Fox is responsible for. There are indications throughout, though, in excerpts from Richards’…

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What’s in the Mailbox?

Finally home yesterday afternoon after almost two weeks away, thinking I’d stop in to my Pilates class on the way, having missed so many, but the weather turned nasty — thick sloppy snow swirling wetly…

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Battening down the hatches — Mater worries like a Mater!

In 2006, some of you might remember hearing, hurricane-force winds took down one thousand (yes, 1000!) trees in Vancouver’s Stanley Park. The devastation was visually and emotionally stunning to us on the West Coast. In…

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