Sometime last winter, or maybe early spring, the Victoria Public Library held a sale of old periodicals. I went in looking for some old style magazines, maybe some fashion or home magazines from the 30’s or 40’s, for inspiration. There wasn’t much of what I went looking for, but there was plenty of stuff we [...]

The problem with attempting to make jam is that, if you get it wrong, you do so in large quantities. Anyone for plum, er, sauce? Six mason jars worth, not to mention the extra tub in the refrigerator.
Last week I was putting in a lot of hours on some freelance projects, after spending the [...]

I heard an interview recently in which someone was explaining that artists tend to be drawn to peninsulas and islands because of all the light that reflects off the water. I had never thought of places near the water as having “more light” relative to other places, but maybe there is some truth to it. [...]

That’s about the sum total of this week’s creative activity. It’s been a week of work deadlines and schedule juggling. The socks have been my bus ride buddies this week, although I have been ripping and knitting a lot so I kind of end up where I started by the end of the commute. Short-row [...]

Look at these gorgeous plummies. They are lit from within with the concentrated light of a Vancouver Island summer day. Even though we moved into our place a year ago, we are discovering a whole new crop of fruit from trees we didn’t know we had. Whether the trees just didn’t bear fruit last year, [...]