If I were in the country tonight, I’d walk in the woods. Snow has just stopped falling and, because there is a full moon behind the clouds, it’s more like late dusk than night. But I’m not in the country tonight. I’m in the city and have just come in from shoveling. With my neighbours [...]
Oh, there are good memories. Certainly, the year my two-year old sister woke early and tore the wrapping from every gift stands out. My mother remembers it well, too – and all too well. It was the Christmas of the blanket thank-you: we will always treasure whatever it is you gave us. From various Christmases, [...]
“The Pillow Book” by Sei Shonagon – it was to this book I referred in my recent blog about lists. What was lost is found. Thank-you, Jo Edgett, for wrangling this book back to me. Beautiful Jo. On things lost and returned I can spend hours of thought. There’s one great loss to which I return [...]
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