The Changing Seasons, November 2023

Reflecting on the month past

It has been a rainy month in Singapore; it has not stopped us from enjoying the 30 days which zipped by.

Celebrated Loving Husband.

Rubbed shoulders with Singapore’s literary giants, culinary gurus & fashion trailblazers at the Singapore Writer’s Festival

Memorable was Robert Yeo‘s book launch with I attended with my StillReadsPaperBooks Dad; they were classmates in secondary school and have been in touch recently on account of poetry.

Robert Yeo takes pride in being both a civil servant and a political writer, and sees no contradiction between his two roles. The 83-year-old pioneer writer has published a new memoir Routes 2. The candid book, which spans 1976 to 2000, is a window into a period of Yeo’s life when he wrote some of his most political works.

Straits Times

Enjoyed whimsy & visiting with friends at the Singapore Clay Festival.

Part of Hiroko Mita‘s Flow Line series.

The intricate spiral strand of clay symbolizes the individuals, corporations, and organization of our society. All are unique with different backgrounds, race, religion, gender, age, and culture. Each strand adds their strength into a whole, and together some areas are merged. They create many shapes while balancing and ascends to greater heights in unison.

from the artist’s Instagram

Despite the rain, we found many windows to the outdoors.

Sunrise run at Marina South Promenade

As always, lots of fun in the kitchen:

From top left, clockwise: 1) replenishing our weekly stash of bagels, 2) napa cabbage & spring onions from our rescue food grocer made into kimchi, 3) radishes from our rescue grocer also pickled, 4) Victoria Sponge Younger Child made for one of Loving Husband’s celebrations, 5) fish (which I don’t cook often) grilled with vegetables from rescue grocer, 6) Croissant French Toast (because I lucked upon clearance croissant (read: slightly crushed and deflated), 7) aubergine parmagiana, 8) gingerbread loaves tested in preparation for Christmas

Wishing you a Blessed Advent, a Merry Christmas and a stupendous start to the New Year.

How was your November?

About The Changing Seasons

The Changing Seasons is a monthly project where bloggers around the world share their thoughts and feelings about the month just gone. We all approach this slightly differently, though generally with an emphasis on the photos we’ve taken during the month.

For many of us, looking back over these photos provides the structure and narrative of our post, so each month is different. Some focus on documenting the changes in a particular project — such as a garden, an art or craft project, or a photographic diary of a familiar landscape.

But in the end, it is your changing season, and you should approach it however works for you.

There are no fixed rules around post length or photo number — just a request that you respect your readers’ time and engagement.

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Roundup

• Brian, my co-host, at Bushboys World
• Lee at LadyLeeManila
• Natalie at Natalie the Explorer
• Sarah at Travel with Me offers us a double edition for Oct & Nov
• Marilyn at Serendipity Seeking Intelligent Life on Earth
• welcome to Lisa at A Day in the Life
• welcome to XingFuMama

Linking up with What’s Been On Your Calendar, cohosted by Donna at Retirement Reflections