Today I had my hair coloured and cut for the second time by a very talented hairdresser who I’ll call B. She spends a great deal of time making sure she has the perfect colours mixed and places the foils like her life depended on it. She and I chat about my daughter and about … More Ex husbands and hair dos
7:50pm and I have the urge to bake almond pound cake. The recipe is my mother’s and everything about baking almond cake makes me think of her. From the smell of almond extract to licking out the bowl-it has my mother’s kitchen written all over it. But my biggest memory and smile comes at the … More A pinch of nostalgia in late night baking
Yup, that’s a lot of dead ducks and geese. They were not killed for sport but to put food on ours and other hunters tables. I had never eaten duck or goose until I met Darryl (minus that one time in chef training school). Actually, I hadnt eaten a lot of things until I met … More Duck duck goose
oh the weather outside is frightful…. Living in Ontario Canada means we have to put up with all four seasons. Sometimes Mother Nature even lets us have all four seasons in a week. One day it’s sweaters and running shoes, and the next is winter jackets and boots. Currently it is windy, cold and snowy … More Winter Blahs
It’s been a while since I have blogged. To be honest, life has been pretty busy and what time remains at the end of the day has been spent curled up and reading. Something pretty big happened a few weeks ago. We adopted a black lab named Bella. She’s eleven months old, a runt, and … More The end of summer
Are you a reader? I don’t mean a blog reader or a newspaper reader, but an honest to goodness bookworm kind of reader. I am. If you are also a bookworm you will feel my pain when I say that I left my Kobo AND my paperback book at work. What am I supposed to … More Bookworm
I have his fingers. I have his extremely white legs that don’t tan. I have his love of music. I have his passion for cooking. I have his need to go camping. I have his desire to hold onto the past like a rare treasure. And he has my heart. He is the man that … More Father’s Day
A hard top tent trailer, five people, two nights and one chipmunk. We are only a half hour away from home but it feels a world away. The five of us are snug in the tent trailer and at times I wish I had a different trailer but I’m glad we have this time together. … More Camp kids
My counter is where bananas die a slow death. My freezer is their cemetery….that is until I find a way to bring them back to life in some baked goods. We are headed out camping tomorrow and I thought I would make some banana muffins for the trip. Then I got this great idea to … More Ye Old Dead Bananas
By now, most people have heard about the Gorilla Harambe, who was killed after a three year old child fell into the enclosure at the zoo. And by now, we have all formed some sort of opinion about this. My thoughts are that it is very tragic and sad. And above all else I don’t … More There once was a Gorilla named Harambe
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