I can hear the rain outside and I have a cup of tea. As I type this, I'm bundled up in my sweats and a blanket. It's officially soup and stew season. My favourite. But 99% of my kitchenware - so, everything - is packed up. Naturally. A couple weeks ago, I wrote about beginning a …
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Autumn is my favourite season because it's when I get to pull out my cozy sweaters and wrap myself up in my blanket scarf. It also means the temperature has cooled down enough for me to properly bake again. (My favourite baking recipe is at the end of this post!) Autumn is also a season …
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O, Canada: You are beautiful. From the time the sun rises in the east and sets in the west; and all the hours in between. I was born here; I was raised here. And I love everything about you. My favourite thing about you is how you exemplify what I feel the message of my new …
It's New Years' Eve and I've just finished making Oatmeal Honey Chocolate Chip cookies for a party later this evening. I'm in rainy San Diego (so strange to say that it's raining in Southern California...), and I'm happy to be spending the last day of 2016 with a friend very near and dear to my …
We are now full on into the holiday season, which means shopping, parties, shortbread, and, let's face it, feeling a bit like you're running around like a chicken with its head cut off. This is not a feeling exclusive to Christmas time, but it's certainly amplified come December 1st. Unexpected guests, forgetting presents, hopping from event to …
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Have you ever had a work day where everything was just MEH? And had a touch of cranky just to top it all off? That was me a few weeks ago. What I do for work involves me having to be fairly pleasant (even when I'm not feeling it), so I was exhausted and not …
Do you remember when you were a kid and it felt like the boring things took forever and the fun things (like summer) went by so quickly? Then, we became adults and got "busy"; wondering how time flew by and wishing we could have had (or made) time to appreciate things. 2015 was both slow and quick for …
I recently celebrated my 32nd(!) birthday. In 2013, I didn't have time or energy to write about 30. In 2014, I didn't have a functioning laptop while I was away to write about 31. But this year, for 32, I took the time to reflect - possibly because unlike 30 and 31, I'm feeling a little shaky about …
I recently made a new ex-pat friend from England. We were chatting and the word "windscreen" came up about his car. He then said "That's a windshield, sorry need to use the North American word!". I already knew this but it made me remember that I had started a list of the British words and translations that …
It is National Flag of Canada Day and the Canadian flag turns 50. Wait, what? My almost 150 year old country's flag has only been around for a third of the confederacy? When I was reminded of this, I remembered that up until the mid-sixties, this was the flag that Canada used: Wherever I go in the …
