NO LOVE FOR ROOSTERS
Linda knows about chickens. Linda has a farm in the Gulf Islands. She has exactly 99 chickens. And not just standard egg machine chickens, the Rhode Island Red. She has all sorts of hens. Some… Read More »NO LOVE FOR ROOSTERS
Linda knows about chickens. Linda has a farm in the Gulf Islands. She has exactly 99 chickens. And not just standard egg machine chickens, the Rhode Island Red. She has all sorts of hens. Some… Read More »NO LOVE FOR ROOSTERS
The doorbell rang. It was that neighbour. The one who drops in, unannounced, all the time. He decided he wasn’t going to answer. He was working from home and just didn’t have time for socializing. … Read More »DID YOU CALL FIRST?
Soup, glorious soup! Nothing offsets the cold like a steaming bowl of soup. Which is why the meal you eat with a spoon is the backbone of Canadian winter nutrition. We loves our soup, we… Read More »CUP, OR A BOWL?
How To Make Your Own Lifesize Chocolate Giraffe. Amaury Guichon, of the Pastry Academy, made a lifelike Giraffe entirely out of chocolate.
It’s a constant theme in war movies. Our hero is aloft and managing just fine. Suddenly, a problem. The engine stalls. There’s a mechanical splutter. We see the whirring propeller stutter and stop. An eerie… Read More »SILVER LININGS
Wind in the Willows. Charlotte’s Web. The Velveteen Rabbit. Someone far more efficient than I had preserved and donated their childhood library to the Salvation Army thrift store. Inside of each book cover a name… Read More »BEST LOVED BOOKS FROM CHILDHOOD
If you showed up at someone’s door in July with nine feet of evergreen, they wouldn’t let you in. Come December, you’re a hero! A giant plume of fir or pine that eats up half… Read More »FAKE-MASS TREES VERSUS FARMED
Not dames as in Dame Joan Sutherland, the female equivalent of the British title of knight, but dames as in fabulous old gals. You know what the world needs more of? Dames. We’re never in… Read More »A TRIBUTE TO DAMES
Savoury Red Lentil Soup This soup scores in all categories: it’s quick and easy to make, it’s loaded with health benefits, the ingredients are inexpensive pantry staples … and it gets rave reviews every time I’ve… Read More »LOVING SPOONFUL
The dark side of gift wrapping. Starting right about now, we become a nation of cottage crafters. A nation of meticulous measurers and folders of fine fidelity. Any large horizontal expanse will be commandeered for… Read More »OH, YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE