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October 27, 2009
- After 4 days away, 2 of them taken up with planes and airports, I was very glad to return to Paris. Edmonton had a certain charm but given a choice between the two cities I know which one I'd pick. Plus Paris has the advantage of better weather. Right on time for the holidays of Toussaint, the weather here has warmed up. Today it was 18C, with an amazing brilliant clear blue sky. Just look at ...
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October 9, 2009
- I go to make some jasmine tea but when I pour out the contents from the kettle the cup is only half full. I go to boil some more water and wait. The day passed well and in a happy way like the steam that rises easily from the spout, rises like an early morning fog over the land, that can just as quickly disperse once the sun shines through.My eldest son turned twenty one today. He is a good ...
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July 5, 2009
- Yesterday, as everyone knows, was July fourth. While not everyone celebrates it, we Americans do. Although this year because of economic reasons many communities have cut back or eliminated fireworks. Not so where I live. Perhaps because it is the bicentennial year of our city, we had awesome fireworks. They set them off by the river's edge about a quarter mile from where our sailboat ...
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June 29, 2009
- When the preschoolers said in Sunday School that we'd be having our annual dinner honoring fathers down at the picnic shelter rather than downstairs, I thought surely they were wrong. Surely we wouldn't eat outside because surely it was too hot to eat there, but they were right and I was wrong on two counts. We did eat outside, and it was extremely pleasant. I imagine our church hostess ...
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