September 2014

books, Food

The Essence of Escoffier

A while ago, I traded the ironing of my son’s shirts for some of his tech savvy.  I decided, the other day, to cash in a few of the points I had accumulated and have him set us up on Netflix. “Take that, Rogers on Demand.” Even though my husband and I are polar opposites […]

books, Food

The Essence of Escoffier

A while ago, I traded the ironing of my son’s shirts for some of his tech savvy.  I decided, the other day, to cash in a few of the points I had accumulated and have him set us up on Netflix. “Take that, Rogers on Demand.” Even though my husband and I are polar opposites

reality, Toronto

Toronto Traffic

I try to avoid rush hour in the city. I am not a patient person in a queue and I am always looking for an escape. Unfortunately, last night, I had to take my son downtown about 6:00pm to deliver a piece of artwork to a client. That meant gridlock down and back, sigh! I

blogging

What to Write?

I felt today that I needed to write something – but what? It was actually easier to write last year when I accepted a challenge to write a blog a day for the year. In fact, I did write 365 blogs in 2013, maybe not everyday, but sometimes I wrote three in one day. This

blogging

What to Write?

I felt today that I needed to write something – but what? It was actually easier to write last year when I accepted a challenge to write a blog a day for the year. In fact, I did write 365 blogs in 2013, maybe not everyday, but sometimes I wrote three in one day. This

Food, reality, travel

Hanover…How did this happen….?

As predicted, it was raining Monday morning when we set out to drive back to TO. We would have planned another walk, except there was little chance that the weather would change, so we just hunkered down and accepted “the wrath of God.” Anyway the plan was to have coffee and a muffin at the

Food, reality, travel

Hanover…How did this happen….?

As predicted, it was raining Monday morning when we set out to drive back to TO. We would have planned another walk, except there was little chance that the weather would change, so we just hunkered down and accepted “the wrath of God.” Anyway the plan was to have coffee and a muffin at the

hiking, travel

Another “Oh no, what have I done moment?”

This oh no! moment came after lunch. There are these times in life, when we seem to move from the tediously mundane to the very cliff edge of existence in just a few minutes (OK, maybe half an hour). Let’s begin with the mundane, lunch. It was difficult to find a decent sandwich shop in

hiking, travel

Sunday Sunny Sunday…

Finally a day of almost complete sun. After breakfast at Craigies in Tobermory, we drove to the Fathom V National park, paid our entrance fee – less than $15.00 – sorry I can’t remember it exactly – sun fever no doubt 🙂 and began our walk. Here you have a choice of trails to take

hiking, travel

Sunday Sunny Sunday…

Finally a day of almost complete sun. After breakfast at Craigies in Tobermory, we drove to the Fathom V National park, paid our entrance fee – less than $15.00 – sorry I can’t remember it exactly – sun fever no doubt 🙂 and began our walk. Here you have a choice of trails to take

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