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Sunday, July 29, 2012

Surrounded by Beautiful Things

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I have a dear friend, a person I have fondly nicknamed W-kins. I have the opportunity to visit W-kins a couple of times each year, as she li...
Saturday, July 14, 2012

On Becoming a Grandparent

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I was ready to become a grandmother. It is a strange thing. You go along through life and at first you are not ready for grandparenthood. ...
Sunday, July 8, 2012

Being the Wrong Size in a One-Size-Fits-All World

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I am a lucky person. I have a wonderful family, an interesting job, and many dear friends. I am healthy, and I do not have disabilities that...
Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Why I Don't Write About Writing Anymore

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The other day, I read a short piece posted on Write Anything written by a writer friend of mine, Jen Brubacher , about her greatest difficu...
Sunday, June 24, 2012

A Clothes Dryer, Ants, and a Baby Robin

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In our new house in a new city in a new province, a lot of things are, not surprisingly, new. For example, birds. Our backyard is filled wit...
Sunday, June 17, 2012

Flower or Weed?

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One of the interesting things about moving is learning how to garden in a new place. I have moved from a coastal rainforest with a hardiness...
Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Stranger in a Strange Land

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When I was seventeen, I left my small-town home and went off to a big city in the south to attend university. At the end of my first year, I...
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I am a writer and retired educator, and I also paint, garden, and ski. I live in western Canada.
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