Besides having my mother’s birthday, and the anniversary of her death, on the March calendar, I realized today that it’s also the month we listed our much-loved island home for sale two years ago. Overall,…
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First Monday in December, and I look back to see that this time last yearwe were still jet-lagged, preparing for a first Christmas in our new home, a condo we’d only lived in for a…
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Okay, these photos really have nothing to do with the text of this post — except that they testify to the compensations an urban lifestyle offers against the reduction of space it cost us. .…
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Today is officially Canadian Thanksgiving (here’s a fascinating article about the respective histories of the American and the Canadian feast, in light of the indigenous celebrations that preceded contact) but like many Canadians, our family…
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When I was back on the island a couple of months ago, taking that two-day drawing coursewith my friend Alison, I bumped into numerous friends and neighbours from our 20+ years there. Fielding questions about…
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