I posted about Patrick Moore and his love of stars and cats – maybe one in the same 🙂 He lived with his mother in a 16th century home in Sussex England called “Farthings.” I love the way some people decide to name their homes. I know that it is often just large estates that […]
We went for a walk through Burke’s Brook ravine which runs under the overpass of Mt Pleasant Rd. near Blythwood Ave. It’s an area that’s very popular with graffiti artists. My husband had read that the city was trying to control the amount of defacing there by making the area an outdoor gallery. Maybe they
This is a little story about an incident that happened years ago. For some reason it just popped into my mind the other day and for lack of another blog topic, I thought, why not retell this one? I was living, at the time, in an apartment in Port Credit and teaching at a high
I was surfing the internet today looking for an interesting blog topic when I came across a site that listed some of the weirder phrases that people have keyed into the search engines. Anyway the one that stuck, was the woman who asked whether she could legally give her sons all the same name, “Jack,”
I was out for a walk the other day when I stopped at a stop light. Well, right beside me was a gentleman in full highland dress – sporran and all. I said to him – “Campbell?” He answered, “No, Gordon.” I was happy he didn’t say, “MacDonald.” I went on to say, “This must
I couldn’t help thinking about this quote, by Patrick Moore, which I posted in an earlier blog. I thought, what does my particular cat situation say about my home’s collective soul? 1. First I have three cats – do I have three souls – two to sell and one to keep 🙂 2. All of
A while ago, I had to buy a new cell phone and get it added to our family plan, which is in my husband’s name. Things went smoothly, although we had to extend the contract again. Every time you make a change, you end up extending your contract for another 3 years – urrgh! I
There is always an obituary on the last page of the sports section in one of our daily papers, The Globe and Mail. The article is usually about someone who has made a significant contribution in their field or someone who was rich and famous now or sometime in the past. Most are not sports’
I just had a few ideas for blog topics, based on some blogs that I have read lately. I thought, if I posted them here a. I would remember them. b. anyone could use them. 1. One blog I read recently did 5 Questions Friday. It seems that every Friday, the blogger posed 5 questions
I am getting ready to make that curried lamb shank recipe that I saw in the paper the other day. One of the ingredients is Garam Masala. It’s a blend of a number of spices, such as, coriander, cumin, cinnamon, cloves, cardamon etc. all freshly ground in a spice blender. The idea is that, when
