Yesterday afternoon, after a productive morning writing and working out in our condo gym (slowly getting back to my program after that prolonged cold/illness), I microwaved a bowl of popcorn and got comfy on the…
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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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For an opera as splendid as Turandot, especially when produced this sumptuously, one really should dress up a bit. But the practicalities of walking to the Skytrain stop through Saturday night’s significant rainfall couldn’t be…
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1. On July 7, 2007, I wrote this post, my second, musing a bit anxiously but also with some excitement about what I hoped to get out of writing a blog, whether beginning one was…
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Since some readers expressed interest, I’m going to try to track our progress as we adapt any skills and knowledge gleaned through years in our seaside garden on “our little island” (those links will take you…
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