James Blue and Overcast Grey

A couple of months ago, I decided to re-paint our ensuite bath after living with the same serene blue for almost fifteen years. I love this blue, chose it carefully after repeated trials with countless paint chips. Nothing too heavy, nothing too grey, just a deep, clear blue, the colour of dusk in a late […]

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Guilty as Charged: I’m an UDDer

  Not much points up spousal differences like clothing choices in the face of lousy weather. Today, in the face of high winds, chill air and scattered showers, I gather heavy weather gear for the morning stroll with my husband: fleece-lined jeans that make my legs look like stovepipes, a wool sweater and a thick, […]

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The Field Between

  Out beyond ideas of right doing and wrong doing, there is a field: I’ll meet you there.  It sounds so easy, doesn’t it? So effortless. The answer to everything from spats with spouses to world peace, except for this one small detail: it takes  years of mistakes to learn how to do it. Like […]

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