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Cross-posted from Cherry Blossoms {The Blog}. (Seize the Day and Forget It) At my baby shower, as is common at many baby showers, my guests wrote me cards of advice. The advice varied wildly from “be careful not to spoil the baby” to “hold him always.” (I’m both paraphrasing and exaggerating that last one but […]
Read More Carpe Diem e ObliviscorCross-posted from Cherry Blossoms {The Blog}. One day when my oldest two were little a woman ahead of us in line at the grocery store commented that I looked like I had my hands full. “What do you do for yourself?” She asked. Without thinking I told her I give blood. She was more confused […]
Read More Give Life, Get A CookieCross-posted from Cherry Blossoms {The Blog}. I’ve maintained an impressive sock collection since I was a teenager. Patterned socks, themed socks, toe socks (remember those?), I had them all. I selected socks to match (or not) my outfit or my mood. When it came time to give gifts I usually added a fun pair of […]
Read More New Socks ResolutionsCross-posted from Cherry Blossoms {The Blog}. Winter solstice is a big deal in the far north. By this time of year, the days are very short and life can be very dark. We celebrate solstice because it marks the fulcrum; from now on the days which had been getting shorter and shorter will finally start […]
Read More Some Thoughts on Winter SolsticeNow that I’m older, I don’t have the stereo playing constantly, but when I was a teen I didn’t feel I could function without the music. The boy I tutor also likes having the music playing while he does his homework. (Although to illustrate the difference in technology between us, I studied to mix tapes […]
Read More Music TherapyIt was a perfect fall day in Virginia and I headed out first thing in the morning to get everything squared away to start subbing (just as soon as my papers came!!!) I was in the office of Kling Elementary chatting with the secretary (as the principal, Ms. Cash, was unavailable) when I heard in […]
Read More Six Years LaterOn our first drive into Victoria I marked the passing of the exit to the University of Victoria with a comment. It wasn’t much, probably “oh that’s UVIC” or something else off-hand. Paul asked, “what, exactly, happened with that?” I tried to explain. I told him it was the only school to which I had applied, and […]
Read More Life is What Happens to You While You’re Busy Making Other PlansShe fell in love with a drummer Another & another She fell in love (my thanks to Wilco for borrowing some of their lyrics.) Actually, it was only two drummers, not three, lest you think I’m crazy. They are both worth mentionning because the second could not have been without the first. The first was […]
Read More She Fell in Love With a DrummerI had developped a bit of mystique surrounding bread machine bread. We didn’t have a machine at home. Either we bought the dollar loaves from Super A or we made our own bread with Mum’s Bosch mixer (a treat, for sure, both the mixer and the homemade bread which dissappeared twice as fast as a […]
Read More Breaking BreadOnce Great Grannie died, when I was six, Grandad was the only relative within visiting distance from us. His house was only about a two hour drive from us, through the gorgeous Shuswap, and nestled in the woods. We always picked wild strawberries between the car and his house even though we could see the […]
Read More FMH – in memorium
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