Pssst. Guess Who I Met This Summer? Before sharing, I should mention that certain family members (cough, ahem, my mum and son) often nag ask me why I keep blogging. Why, when I'm thrashing my way through 10 years of store journals and diaries gathering chapter ideas for the book … [Read more...] about Guess Who I Met This Summer
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Lessons In Frustration
How's that book of mine coming along? Can you say "lessons in frustration?" If you've not heard, I'm crafting a book about the Just TypiKel adventures and people encountered over the ten years (1983 -1993) that I worked with my mother in her Vancouver-based Asian antiques and … [Read more...] about Lessons In Frustration
Fort Langley Fieldtrip
Perspective is a funny concept. One day it looks like this and another it looks like that. When my two children were tiny, any break from them seemed huge. A nap that stretched more than an hour? Heaven. Preschool was a wonder. On the days it wasn't my turn to assist in the … [Read more...] about Fort Langley Fieldtrip
An Alarming Event
It's alarming how much fur is coming off this rabbit. I could fashion a small teapot trivet. With Henry now back east residing in first-rate accommodations that don't allow pets, the care of Bonanza his rabbit has fallen to me. A member of the family since … [Read more...] about An Alarming Event
Knit Happens
There's something about the days growing shorter and the return of the inescapable rain that calls me back to knitting. I guess it's because I'm a looker. Rest assured: I'm not referring to my looks but rather to my habit of staring at the needles as I knit. When I'm … [Read more...] about Knit Happens