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Home…and dim sum Sunday

November 29, 2015 by Vickie Lester

We all have filters. Mine are pretty basic. I see things through the lens of where I live, I base my interactions on the dynamics I observed in my family, I hope experience has tempered both. I suppose Sunday is as good a day as any for reflection, so I’ll tell you what binds my life together; people, food, shelter, very primal stuff. I respect the binders. I cultivate them. Dim sum Sunday is a continuation of a tradition set […]

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Dim Sum Sunday at the San Gabriel Mission and 1,000 posts

October 13, 2013 by Vickie Lester

The Mister at the San Gabriel Mission: Visitors to the Mission: From whence the vineyards of California came: As for the 1000th post… It’s just a number, but what it represents is our friendship and dialogue, and for that, treasured readers, thank you.

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Dim Sum Sunday and the Prime Meridian

August 25, 2013 by Vickie Lester

This, my angels, is a photo of Yours Truly and Mr. Truly sometime around twenty-five years ago… Now, I did snap a picture of the two of us at our regular Sunday outing to the most fabulous dumpling house in the Los Angeles basin, and I was willing to share — even though I’m letting my grey grow out. However, a certain handsome fellow thought it best if people were to remember him, as he was… Which brings me to […]

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FOR MY FATHER, WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN NINETY TODAY

June 16, 2013 by Vickie Lester

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VICKIE’S FLEURS

June 16, 2013 by Vickie Lester

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DIM SUM SUNDAY

June 16, 2013 by Vickie Lester

Hello, Poppets! It’s been a fun filled week and it’s time to count my blessings, clear medical tests, happy family, going out for Dim Sum for Father’s Day, and the cover art for my book has been shot and my best friend is designing the cover. Life is sweet! And, there’s a spot in my living room, on the coffee table, where in the afternoon you get the craziest Caravaggio Light. Look what I got with my old phone lens…

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Tag: Dim Sum

Dim Sum Sunday at the San Gabriel Mission and 1,000 posts

Dim Sum Sunday and the Prime Meridian

FOR MY FATHER, WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN NINETY TODAY

VICKIE’S FLEURS

DIM SUM SUNDAY