Today I thought I'd share some views of my neighbourhood. Namely, the view from a rowboat out on the water on Saturday morning. We look out at this view every day. Rowing out towards it is kind of like stepping into a painting. This giant anchor on a little island has become a symbol of… Continue reading Around the Neighbourhood
The last couple of weeks, on our way home from church on Sunday, Peter and I have noticed some sort of yard sale happening in the parking lot of the local mall. Some people set up tables. Some people pull down the tailgate of their truck and use that as a table. There's jewellery, books,… Continue reading Weekend Score
Day 12 - Wednesday Dress: no tag, purchased at Stanley Market in Hong Kong. Sweater: H&M (It is cold today!) Necklace: thrifted in Los Angeles Shoes: Airwalk, purchased at Payless This is an example of a dress I never wear and wouldn't have worn this week if it weren't for this challenge. I'm not really… Continue reading 30 Day Dress Challenge
I'm working my way through the book of Hebrews currently, reading it along with William Barclay's commentary. Barclay explains something neat that I've never noticed before about the opening passage in Hebrew. Here's how it reads in my Bible: Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the… Continue reading The Service of Talent
Read about my 30 Day Dress Challenge here and here. Day 6 - Thursday Dress: "Seduction", purchased at Sirens (Isn't that embarassing? For those of you who don't know it, Sirens is a women's clothing store that sells cheap, often trashy clothing. It's where people buy clothes for clubbing and it's terrible. This is the… Continue reading 30 Day Dress Challenge
A fair bit of this: A "grown-up dinner", Friday evening. Peter referred to it as such and, since he cooked it, he can call it whatever he wants. I refer to it as "delicious". Before church on Sunday morning: A special service in a gorgeous, semi-outdoor local building. Do you know that singing in/with a… Continue reading What Life Looks Like
Gabriel Garcia Marquez is undoubtedly best known for his beautiful "magic realism" prose. In novels like Love in the Time of Cholera or The General in his Labyrinth, Marquez masterfully joins fiction and fancy so that it becomes beautifully impossible to tell what's based in reality and what is not. Even his personal memoir, Living… Continue reading Book Review – News of a Kidnapping by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
(Read about my 30 Day Dress Challenge here.) Day 2 - Sunday Funny story about this dress: I purchased it a couple of years ago and shortly after I wore it to work, to my job in Victoria. A customer complimented me on my dress, I thanked her and mentioned that I found it at… Continue reading 30 Day Dress Challenge
Some highlights from this weekend include: A date and a dinner out on Friday. Peter and I tried a new burger joint in town and hashed out details of our summer adventures. Driving into town we saw a piece of paper fluttering on the highway. "That's $20!" Peter exclaimed. He pulled over to the side… Continue reading Summer in Sight
I have a confession to make. I own more dresses than any other article of clothing. Including socks. That may have something to do with the fact that I hate wearing socks but it also might mean I have a small dress problem. Some women have a lot of jeans. Some women have a lot… Continue reading 30 Day Dress Challenge
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