life
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On The Road Again… In Search of Spring Etc.
This is what 5:30 AM looks like from my sun room window. I took this shot a couple of weeks ago when, uncharacteristically, I was awake that early. I am not an early morning person. Mid morning, I’m great. But …
cross-country skiing
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Into The Woods… Of Winter, Logging, and Bologna Sandwiches
We’ve had snow again these last couple of days. Not a lot. But enough to cover up the ice on the trails. And definitely enough to go skiing. I love a sunny, crisp winter’s day. And being …
Auberge de Lac Morency
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A Winter’s Tale …. or…. The Joads Go Skiing
Last week we went skiing. To a lovely old resort, on tiny Lac Morency, in the Laurentians, in Quebec. I won’t say that we packed too much stuff…. just that while we were loading the car, I thought of a …
Costa Rica
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Going South
Last year. Today I’ve been thinking about last year. When we escaped the endless winter by going south… twice. When we spent two weeks before Christmas in Costa Rica. A week on the west coast at a small resort near Quepos, where …
fashion
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Orange is the New Black… or Pink …or Whatever
Why, oh why are we so sick of winter so early this year? We have three more weeks left in February…and all of March and probably most of April to wait before we can even begin to think about hauling …
fashion
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Cold Couture or The Polar Vortex Made me Do It
Friday morning I made my first cup of tea of the day, powered up my computer, and settled in to read the latest posts from my favourite blogs. Everyone, but everyone, it seems is sick of winter! Two of the …