I don’t swim much – almost never, in fact. And I don’t wander about in my bathing suit any more than absolutely necessary. Even so, every few years it is necessary to get a new bathing suit so that I can participate in the expected water-based activities of a tropical vacation. So, the other day when…
We spent the long end-of-summer weekend holidaying in Vancouver, staying at the son’s apartment. We even spent an extra night, so I went directly to work from there this morning. I felt slightly naughty for showing up at work in the same clothes I had worn on Friday, not having been home in the interim! It…
Last weekend while I was relaxing on the deck after a hot afternoon of being at one with nature on a 9th floor deck, my iPhone burped to indicate a blog comment had arrived. Comments are so wonderful to a blogger, that one even welcomes snide comments about rhubarb wine recipes. Said comment implied that…
Daughter in Australia sent me this link to a Melbourne newspaper that was celebrating bumping Vancouver from the top of the “most livable city” list. I thought it was quite funny that they put a photo of the riot to illustrate Vancouver’s downfall. (See my post on the riot.) Apparently the riot won’t actually affect the scores…
Rhubarb grows in our garden, mainly for the purpose of becoming wine, although occasionally it is paired with strawberries in a dessert. Blackberries grow many places nearby and every year I like to pick them for pies and wine. Rhubarb wine is not for the faint of heart, but we enjoy it, particularly mixed with…
There’s a very good article in the July/August issue of Discover magazine, “The End of Morality” by Kristin Ohlson. (See link at the bottom of the page.) Much of the article focuses on the work of Joshua Greene of Harvard. He studies the brain activities of people as they struggle to resolve some classic moral dilemmas. Here…
Not so long ago, I had to have my photo taken for my drivers license renewal. I rummaged around in my purse, found some lipstick, and put it on. I have never been particularly photogenic and things have not improved with age, so I decided to take whatever help I could get. The lipstick was there only…
Here is the first paragraph of A Tale of Two Cities…
Seeing Clarely 