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A Ride on the South Simcoe Railway 26 Aug 2013 | 06:23 pm
A few weeks ago was my father's 84th birthday and to celebrate we took him for a ride on the South Simcoe steam train and then out for dinner. It was a very fitting expedition as my Dad is quite the t...
Living on the Edge 18 Aug 2013 | 09:10 am
Well maybe not the actual edge, just a healthy distance from the edge of cliffs, that is. That's what a girlfriend and I did this past few days. We packed our bags, said goodbye to our families, and ...
An Easy Craft and Summer Updates 15 Aug 2013 | 04:24 am
I've finally caught up on posting reviews of my summer reading and need to finish some more books before I can do any more. I'm pretty proud of myself to have read four books so far. Yay me! I want...
Summer Reading - Walden 11 Aug 2013 | 07:14 pm
Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4 Dear Mr. Thoreau, I recently read your book Walden and wanted to thank you for sharing your experiences with us. Did you know that you would inspire millions of readers to want t...
Summer Reading - The Great Gatsby 6 Aug 2013 | 07:18 am
I recently read The Great Gatsby (by F. Scott Fitzgerald). I feel like I have joined the ranks of the well-read now having completed one of the great American novels. I'm glad I read the novel, but ...
Summer Reading - The Garlic Ballads 2 Aug 2013 | 07:02 pm
I finished reading The Garlic Ballads (by Mo Yan) a few days ago and I'm here to tell you not to read it. It may have won a Nobel Prize for Literature in 2012, but it was such a bleak and depressing a...
Summer Reading - The Help 31 Jul 2013 | 05:56 am
I just finished reading The Help (by Kathryn Stockett). I know, I know, I'm pretty much the last person to read the book, but better late than never. I really enjoyed it and kept drifting over to re...
Larb from Laos 27 Jul 2013 | 08:06 am
We have been traveling at a break-neck pace through Asia these past few months and I now have food from Laos to share with you. We opted to make Larb, a spicy mixture of marinated meat with greens .....
Inspired by Blueberries 22 Jul 2013 | 05:26 pm
We're not sure why, but we don't have many chipmunks at the cottage this year which means we have lots of blueberries. It is a tough call which we like more. Aren't blue and green the best together? ...
Char Kroeung from Cambodia 19 Jul 2013 | 10:57 pm
Our around-the-world-cooking adventure has taken on lightening speed as I want to finish before our youngest goes off to university in September. We just finished Thailand and are now in Cambodia (vi...
