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The Door to Discovery

Posted on April 28, 2013 by motleydragon

I just pried apart… with great difficulty and determination… a TIMEX watch from the sixties. Waterproof, shockproof, wife proof, it had survived in a box of interesting junk in the back of my husband’s top dresser drawer. I want to … Continue reading →

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A Way to Speak

Posted on April 10, 2013 by motleydragon

Roger Ebert has died. I always listened to Siskel and Ebert doing their movie reviews together, and frequently visited his blog and the archived reviews.  Like Christopher Hitchens, he spent his last years dealing with catastrophic illness that destroyed his … Continue reading →

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Meditation for the New Year

Posted on December 31, 2012 by motleydragon

Insights and Intuitions: Twenty-Five Images for a Trip Down Memory Lane Ellen Collington, 2007 Free motion machine embroidery on creme silk, mounted on velvet prepared for the 25th anniversary challenge of the Hamilton Quilters Guild Tonight we are planning to … Continue reading →

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Archie and the Pogues

Posted on December 25, 2012 by motleydragon

Faith, Family, Food, Festivities, Finances… miss even one of these and your Fun may be… no I won’t say it. I promise not to be cynical. But do watch these for a reality check! Christmas day at the Bunkers from  … Continue reading →

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If Music Be the Food of Love, Play On

Posted on November 19, 2012 by motleydragon

The Hamilton Conservatory of the Arts hosted a concert yesterday of Shoshana Teller playing  the complete Bach keyboard partitas… a lovely way to spend Sunday afternoon! Listening to all six, played brilliantly one after another, was both exhilarating and exhausting, … Continue reading →

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My City of Ruins

Posted on November 4, 2012 by motleydragon

“My City of Ruins” is a 2000 song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen. Images and discussions of the destruction left in the wake of Hurricane Sandy have saturated the media and our awareness all this week. Anything I could … Continue reading →

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Renovation 4… Stormy Weather?

Posted on October 26, 2012 by motleydragon

Hurricane Sandy so huge it will impact Ontario to the Maritimes, forecasters say Forecasters have already started calling Hurricane Sandy a Frankenstorm.  While it’s too early to predict accurately, the latest computer models suggest powerful gusts and heavy downpours are … Continue reading →

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Renovation 3… Slow Lunches

Posted on October 24, 2012 by motleydragon

Simple, fast lunches are necessary during our kitchen makeover. We don’t usually eat hot dogs, but since we are without a kitchen, their microwave convenience has made them part of our daily routine. We also don’t eat at fast food … Continue reading →

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Renovation 2… Humpty Dumpty (Post 250!)

Posted on October 23, 2012 by motleydragon

I’ve never liked Humpty Dumpty. As a child I found it quite frightening that ALL the KING’s horses and ALL the KING’s men could not repair the damage. Sure, eggs are fragile, but there is always LePage’s mucilage in that … Continue reading →

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Renovation 1… SoBadSoGood

Posted on October 19, 2012 by motleydragon

The renovation team will arrive early Monday morning to strip our kitchen back to the bare essentials and start to rebuild it from scratch. The house was built in 1944, and this is the original kitchen! It has served us … Continue reading →

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