My June Reading

Summer Reading: Do you prefer to do your summer reading inside or outside? I like to mix it up, but my two favourite spots right now are: In the morning before it gets too warm,…

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Gardening and Packing and Fretting and . . .

We’re leaving our island on Friday, flying out on Saturday. Before we leave here, I need to finish packing. I need to get a few projects done for work and organize a few others so…

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Birthday Plans . . . and Adaptations. . .

So I’m here to tell you that turning 60 doesn’t feel much different, although I’m childishly (see? no aged wisdom yet!) feeling rather sorry for myself. Stuck by myself in our Vancouver apartment with a…

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Bracelet Love!

I’ve been wearing this little arm party regularly since January, when my Mom gave me the middle bracelet, having given one to each of my sisters and sisters-in-law at Christmas. Her oddities around gift-giving would…

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Waiting, on Easter Weekend

It feels so odd, alienating, to be here, at home, on the island, while my mother only occasionally achieves consciousness, breathing through her mouth in a deep sleep in a hospice bed across the Strait.…

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