A Week
Pale yellow Clivia from my garden. I hope everyone thoroughly enjoyed their Easter Weekend! It was beautiful here in Santa…
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Can We Talk? (#3)
. . I‘m just going to come clean and confess. I’ve had such a bad case of blogging ADD lately…
The Goldfinch
Carel Fabritius (1622-1654) The Goldfinch, 1654 So we haven’t talked books in awhile. Way too long actually. I admit to suppressing…
Countdown Abbey (II)
God bless us all, it’s finally that time again! I can’t believe I arrived home from our “Grand Tour” of…
The Calm Before the Storm
Finally. There’s a decidedly nippy quality to the air in Santa Barbara. I won’t go so far as to say it’s…
The Painkiller Diaries
Still here still pecking away with one hand, almost 3 weeks post shoulder surgery. ‘your arm should be a limp noodle…
haute halloween II
boo! anna selezneva i‘ve been uncharacteristically quiet of late i know. you might have been worried the black cat got…
Byron & Bo
“There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where…
The Turning
It’s here. Autumn has officially arrived. I will acknowledge its presence and no longer be cranky with those who wished…