Pages from my Sketch Journal

Everything from yellow boots to Italian castles to young French men preening to a favourite What I Wore. . . filling the pages of my messy sketch journal, I end up with a book of memories. Want a peek? Just click through. . .

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Anniversary Bounce! Reflections on This and That at 47 Years of Married Life…

It was our 47th anniversary this week, and I had thought I might develop a post around this photo of an elastic-ball band I’ve been building over the last eighteen months or so.  If I’d…

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Canada Day Musings: What Mom Taught Me

Canada Day– July 1st, the celebration of the confederation of the first four provinces in 1867 —  has always been a problematic day for many Canadians.  Chinese-Canadians, for example, have referred to it as Humiliation…

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Back-Alley Walks with Art and Book News

One of my blog intentions for 2021 was to duplicate here my Books Read This Month post from Materfamilias Reads,  I had intended to try this doubled-posting approach until the end of the year and…

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Two Impossible Things Before Breakfast

 I have reason to believe this blog will look very different, very soon. Yes, I had thought that might be so earlier this week, but I under-estimated how many small steps there were that required…

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Copyright

Unless otherwise stated, all words and photographs in this blog are my own. If you wish to use any of them, please give me credit for my work. And it should go without saying, but apparently needs to be said: Do not publish entire posts as your own. I will take the necessary action to stop such theft. Thanks.