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On the meanderings of Colin Phillips, Canadian IT guy, from Victoria, Vancouver and Kansas City.

Danny Wallace’s Cup of Tea

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Dear Danny,
I just wanted to send you a note to tell you that I was thinking about you.
I’ve got the kettle on and it happens that way. Whenever I go to make my second cup of tea (especially on a cloudy day), I think of your “another cup of tea and biscuits” moments from Yes [...]

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Dusting for Exercise

Monday, September 1, 2008

Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take up the sock again. – Dorothy Day

I feel as if I have disappeared again.
This was the transitional week, the time I had “free” to get ready, to get things done.
School starts tomorrow [...]

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British Columbia Tour, Part two

Thursday, August 21, 2008

I forgot to post the rest of our photos from our trip to Canada, so if anyone is interested, here they are.

After we left Jasper, we took the Skeena train (two days) through Prince George and stayed overnight there, (Hi uncle Lloyd and Aunt Jackie!) then on to Prince Rupert.
There we picked up the B.C. [...]

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The Company of Songbirds

Friday, August 15, 2008

Something in the new birdseed has songbirds clamoring at the brass cage around my feeder.
Wild songbirds– sparrows, chickadees, blackbirds, nuthatches, purple finches, tufted titmice, cardinals– they have come to visit me at my back window.
When my family was here these past weeks, it made me tired. Feet on the floors above, the water running always, [...]

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Roadtrip, Alberta and British Columbia, 2008

Monday, July 28, 2008

Colin and I travel a lot, but usually in fits and starts. The last long, proper holiday we took was to Egypt.
This time around Colin took me, along with my parents, on a tour of western Alberta and British Columbia, his homeland.
Below is a slideshow of the images of the first half of the trip. [...]

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A Post to the Futura

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Look what arrived in the mail recently! Purchased from Mr. Typewriter in Florissant, MO., I got six brand new ribbons for my Royal Futura 800.

You pop the top open here…

… pressing the Red Royal button (Thanks Portable Typewriter Forum!)

Of course, I spent about 20 minutes trying and failing to figure out how to get the [...]

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The Bad Wife

Saturday, March 15, 2008

That’s Me… The bad wife, the bad influence. The pancake and pale ale pusher. This photo (at right) illustrates the crazed result.
My hubby has been trying to slim down and he’s been doing a great job of it, despite my existence. Perhaps you’ve read the blog he shares with my brother, Loser In Laws, or [...]

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A Weekend’s Work in Never Done

Monday, September 3, 2007

Existential Question for the Day, Number 523:
Does the American Dream create us, or do we create it?
After leaving the confined space of London and the “cultured” space of Europe, Colin and I are handspringing back into the frontier life of the American Dream. On our To Do list, dutifully being followed and checked off are [...]

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My Mazda Obsession… Part 2

Saturday, July 14, 2007

Ah HAH! I did it! He doesn’t know it yet, but I DID IT!
I secretly convinced my husband to buy the car I WANTED and made him think HE WAS THE ONE WHO ACTUALLY THOUGHT OF IT! HAHAHAHA! (evil laugh continues for quite some time….) (and continues…)
Here’s my Mazda adventure, part 1.
FABULOUS Beginnings…
It all started with [...]

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This Bud’s for You

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

There are lots of good reasons to love guys… My husband is SUCH a guy.
He and I went to meet the OTHER Canadian Colin for coffee Sunday lunch-ish… I didn’t stay long as I had to go to work at the pub. “Well, guys, I’ll leave you to it,” I think were my parting [...]

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Karaoke King

Sunday, November 12, 2006

Colin Phillips, Karaoke King.
K-Box, Cranbourne Mansions
Private Karaoke Room
The Berlin Room!
Leiceister Square
Saturday Night
Colin did Sinatra and ABBA proud, and sang along with gusto. Maybe it was the Tsingo Taos talking. Or the influence of our Chinese friends we were with. Or maybe Colin really IS the next American Idol.
Anyway, it just goes to show you: you [...]

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Under My Feet

Thursday, August 3, 2006

One thing that you lose, when you live a life with a car, is your connection with your feet.
I miss my Mazda Protégé. I miss it a lot. I don’t love my life in London, and in lots of ways I can’t wait to be able to just hop in a car again—preferably a zippy [...]

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