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Quick Update: A (Small) City Break and then Back to (Play-Full) Work

 I had a splendid time visiting the small city I once called home. I stayed with a good friend on a small island, soothed by tall trees and the sounds and scents of the ocean, but I also took the ferry "into town" to have dinner with one friend, lunch with another, afternoon prosecco and nibbles with a third, and breakfast with one more before I headed home.

Two very full days, some wonderful conversations, and in between I even managed to squeak in a visit to an art exhibition at the Nanaimo Art Gallery. I posted more photos of this show on Instagram. Gorgeous, thought-provoking, sensuous, culture-bridging work. You might be surprised what a small city can offer (and so much less busy in the gallery, so there's room to absorb) . . .

 You will marvel at my insistence on sampling what "a small city can offer," when you learn that despite all those meals I visited over, during my limited time, I nonetheless managed to eat one small cone of delicious gelato at a new addition to Nanaimo's small downtown. Made on site in small batches with carefully sourced ingredients, I'd heard raves about this place, and I'll happily add a lusty endorsement of the Raspberry-Rhubarb gelato. Plus I always think it's cool to see someone bring a dream to fruition and build a community-based business on skill and passion.

I walked along Nanaimo's attractive waterfront seawall to "the big ferry" yesterday, and stopped to admire this art installation at Swy-a-Lana Lagoon.

 The plaque below the installation offers the title,

 Driftwood Nests,

 crediting artist Deryk & Samuel Houston

 and noting that the installation "allows people to enjoy the natural shapes of driftwood and nature. When you study the lines in the wood, it is easy to discover faces, stories and movement as the light changes, creating new shadows and possibilities."

Driftwood Nests is part of Nanaimo's laudable "Temporary Public Art Program." I love this recognition -- as in the Vancouver Mural Festival, in my new home city -- that Art not only makes life more satisfying for the immediate community, but also operates to draw in tourists who contribute to the local economy. (Yes, call me a cynic, but I'm quite certain this last factor was significant in any decision to fund a project such as this. And if that means work for artists, I'm a very happy and pragmatic cynic. So there ;-)

On today's agenda:
-This post - Check!
-Some of my personal long-form writing -- Currently procrastinating, but it's next up. . .
-Bread-sketching -- My talented and generous friend spent an hour with me in her studio, and we painted a loaf of bread together -- now to see if I can replicate some of the techniques on a new sketch. #Practicemakespractice, right?
-Update on my reading blog -- this might get pushed to tomorrow's list -- we'll see. . .

Before I go, I keep forgetting to tell you to watch Killing Eve. You'll find it on Bravo, I believe, but that's not part of our package here (not yet, at least). Instead, I bought a season subscription to the show on iTunes, and so far we've watched three episodes. We're currently hanging on the edge of a cliff, waiting for next week's instalment. Clever, funny writing and the brilliant Sandra Oh is well-matched by Jodie Comer (you may have seen her in Doctor Foster, the too-young "other woman") as a terrifyingly efficient, playful, psycopathic assassin, Villanelle. Kim Bodnia (from The Bridge), Fiona Shaw, and David Haig also contribute compelling characters. If you can't tolerate graphic violence, this won't be for you, but if you're prepared to peep between fingers on occasion -- or leave the room for thirty seconds -- I think you'll find this entertaining. The various settings -- London, Paris, Berlin -- don't hurt either. . .

Okay, I'm going to quit procrastinating and move to the next item on my list. Always fun to chat with you, though, and if you leave me a comment, I'll have those waiting as my reward when I'm done writing my prescribed number of words on that other screen. (I've heard that some of you are finding it impossible to leave a comment. One way around that, for some, has been to comment on my IG posts. You'll also find my email address just above the banner at the top of the blog -- if you've had trouble posting comments, I'd be curious to know that (especially whether that's from a mobile device or not), but I doubt there's much I can do to fix the problem. As a non-monetized blog fuelled only by my time and energy, I haven't resources to solve technical issues, but who knows. . . .At the very least, I might be able to cut-and-paste your comment into a conversation you're keen to join (again, I have limited resources of time and energy, so no promises).

See? I really am procrastinating!!

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