Magic Potion Against Sorrow and Suffering? Who Could Ask for More!

It’s beginning to look as if we may have had a dash of Norovirus this past week, rather than food poisoning. Paul managed to get us home Friday (the car rental was only in his…

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Running into Art. . . .

 Between all the belated birthday lunches and dinners with one sister, breakfast with another, I had calories to run off while I was in Vancouver. My usual Saturday morning long run was cancelled on account…

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Time to Let Go: Art, Augury, and a Little Healing

 Saturday morning, I woke at 5. Again. Annoying, but at least it gave me an hour’s running time before our 8:30 ferry to Vancouver. A good thing because I was carrying some anxiety over an…

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Tired Tuesday. . . with a Touch of Joy!

 This week so far, it’s taking all I have to keep my classes lively, remember my husband’s name when I get home, and try to stay awake until 9 p.m., which seems the earliest possible…

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Why Bordeaux? Check out the Plensa, for a Start. . .

Our Paris friend wondered what it was that we liked about Bordeaux. Many things, we answered, particularly the riverfront promenade, the central square in front of the Opera house, the friendliness of its inhabitants, particularly…

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