books

Animated Books

OK, I didn’t get an idea for a blog today until about 5:00pm, when I decided to read what I had recommended to other bloggers, as good blog topic material and it worked!! I keyed in “video of the day” and was directed to Mashable.com – a site that I usually find very interesting. Fortunately […]

Food

Awww Shucks…

Or may be that should be “Awe Shucks.” Every once in a while the supermarket that we use has a special on oysters. This weekend they had Malpeque Bay oysters at the amazing price of $13.00 for 33 oysters. When you consider that oysters in a restaurant can cost as much as $3.00 or $4.00

reality

Will that be circus with your chicken and chips?

Dinner, for us, is a kind of celebration.  It’s a time when we sit down and share the events of the day, celebrate what worked and re-examine what didn’t. It’s a time to connect with the present, relate it to the past and possibly suggest implications for the future!!  OK, it’s a little grand for

words

Paradiso Lost…

My usual coffee at The Second Cup is a small Paradiso to go. I don’t like artificially flavoured coffees and I haven’t taken the time to try some of their other blends. However, I do have their holiday blend when it’s available – usually in December. Well, Caro Ness posted in a blogging group that

books

Abandoning Good Reads?

OK, the title may be a little misleading. I was reading an article this morning about the site “Goodreads.” Apparently one of their blogposts was about books that people abandon – Fifty Shades of Grey and J. K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy were the most commonly abandoned books lately, according to the site.  I haven’t

travel

100 places to see before you die….

Actually I have the book 1,000 places to see before you die and the book 1,000 foods to eat before you die, or something like that. I have said before that I’m a sucker for a list. Anyway Anita-Clare Field posted this site http://www.listchallengeapp.com/travellistchallenge/ to my FB wall and I was intrigued. Sagrada Familia, Barcelona It’s

Art

Thank you…

There are some things that this blog has accomplished. Actually there are a lot of things that this blog has accomplished and it is not the blog itself but you, the reader, that has helped make them happen and I just want to say “Thank you.” The last year or so have been very stressful

books

And Then There Were None…..

Paula Deen isn’t the only celebrity guilty of using the “N” word a long time ago. One of Agatha Christie’s most popular books started out as “10 Little ‘N’s“. It was changed to “10 Little Indians” and finally changed to “And Then There Were None.” Mysterious name change 🙂 I am just about to re-read

Art

The Psychology of the Bobble Head Doll

My daughter headed out early this morning to meet friends for breakfast, before going to “the game.” The game, in summer, in North America, is none other than baseball!! Today, at the Skydome, they were giving out Arencibia bobble head dolls, to the – not sure of the exact number but maybe – first 10,000

books

You know you are weird when…….

……you have several of these books in your own personal library – 12 More Weird Books That Really Exist. I guess I can’t resist a list, so when Mental Floss posted this list to my FB wall, I had to take a look. OK the first one is a coffee table book of fabulous photos of

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