I am fortunate that I live very close to a 200 acre arboretum. It’s actually a huge cemetery right in the centre of the city and about 5 minutes from my office. Yesterday was a beautiful Spring day – 18C, full sun, no wind, so I decided to go for a morning walk. It was […]
Here is another lift from a FB post. I apologize, but some are very funny. They are excepts from court records and I have to believe that they are true statements. WTF??? HOW DO COURT RECORDERS KEEP STRAIGHT FACES???? These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts and are things people actually
According to the site www.holidayinsights.com May is National Photograph month. I’m not sure why it isn’t National Photography month, but I think that was last month. So I’m trying to think of how one might celebrate the month. Of course we could take pictures. Maybe we should go through older pictures and organize them. If you
I obviously woke up “brain dead” this morning because I didn’t have an idea for a post. So I went back to my “word of the day” site to try and trigger a synapse or two in that lobe of the brain assigned to writing and other verbal creativity. The word for April 28 on
I decided to do a little more research on the Abacus. The device is ancient and is found in cultures from Asia to Africa and parts of Europe, with a similar idea, found in South America, using string The abacus is a testament to a) the cleverness of the human mind, b) the inventiveness of
I have a few ideas for blogs “brewing,” but they need a little more time. Since I like to write about things that are random, eclectic and idiosyncratic, I went back to www.portent.com‘s idea generator to try out a few things. I like it because it is the epitome of randomness – key in a word
Skybluepinkish commented on my post yesterday that life was too short to peel hazelnuts. Her comment got me thinking about all the things that I omit doing because they are too fiddly or time consuming to be bothered with. For example: 1. I never seed tomatoes and rarely peel them. When the recipe instructions call
Well, I don’t use this little gadget daily. In fact I haven’t used it in a long time. I keep it around because my son uses it. It’s a small rotary grinder which I bought for the sole purpose of grinding nuts, most specifically, hazelnuts. I was taking a series of cooking courses years ago
