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Monday, September 14, 2026

Not Resting in One's Laurels

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Evelyn Lau - 1989  Evelyn Lau in bed In a recent past I have written at least twice about the demise of the portrait. My gradual skill in be...
Sunday, September 13, 2026

Joan Didion - Rosemary & Dunn's Shoes

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  One day a few weeks later [after John Gregory Dunn’s death]I gathered up more bags and took them to John’s office, where he had kept his c...

Cycles - Stages - Patterns

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Helianthus annuus - 13 September 2026  At my age of a 84 when I see a pretty blonde in her mid-20s I experience no desire. I see the woman a...
Saturday, September 12, 2026

Will Chief Leonard George Be Right?

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Acer platanoides 'Crimson King' 12 September 2026  Chief Leonard George The Crimson King Maple ( Acer platanoides 'Crimson Kin...

The Beauty of Ugliness

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Rosa 'Emily Carr' 12 September 2026 The Redness Today   When my grandmother commented to the Filipino artist who had a large painti...

Not Saying Goodbye French Style

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Rosa 'St.Swithun' 12, 2026   Joseph Bonaparte, regnal name José I, was a French statesman, lawyer, diplomat and older brother of Nap...
Friday, September 11, 2026

Joey Became Josephine

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18Joey above - 28Josephine below Chanclas - slippers My clothes have holes. Many are worn out. I refuse to buy new clothes as I believe that...
Thursday, September 10, 2026

Of Intimacy

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10 September 2026   Because I was married to my Rosemary for 52 years, I miss an intimacy that I can never possess again. From making a bed...
Wednesday, September 09, 2026

Cats - Babies & Roses

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Rosa 'A Shropshire Lad' 11 September 2026   Cats, babies and roses never perform on demand. To me that is a most accurate statement...
Tuesday, September 08, 2026

My Life in a Jar

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  When Rosemary and I moved from our large Kerrisdale home with its corner garden to our (now my) present little house in Kerrisdale, many h...