As I shove my hands into the remnants of last night’s revelry, dripping what can only be described as garbage juice, I mouth what may not be necessarily words, but sounds that still express the emotional quotient of my...
Read MoreCathleen Collins has taken some of the strategies used in illustration and has pushed them through acrylic paint to create a show that’s well worth seeing.Exploring Illustration at the Chocolate Claim is Collins’...
Read MoreA few years ago I received a delightful gift consisting of an assortment of home-grown, home-dried tomato and pepper seeds. What a delightful gift, I thought, and with Christmas only around four months away, now is the time to...
Read MoreIf you like to camp in comfort and enjoy a challenge, take a Dutch oven. Breads, bannock, cinnamon buns, upside-down-cake, succulent meats and baked fish are taken to a new dimension over an open fire.The trick is to keep only a...
Read MoreWhat makes a vacation, at least for me, is going to a place different than what you are accustomed to. This could be a change in your physical surroundings, your schedule and even what you explore and taste. The last several...
Read MoreHow many memories are created by a simple family vacation …Depending on how you look in the rear-view mirror, the road behind can seem rocky – one of bad luck and poor decisions – or like a yellow-brick road of which each...
Read MoreSince I know, almost as a fact, that Trevor will not be put down by the Bylaw Services Department, I can sit back and enjoy this story as it unfolds.I know that Trevor is safe because I’ve been here before. I was a...
Read MoreI am in awe of bicycle commuters. I feel one-upped by them.So I decided, way back in February, that as soon as the weather was reasonable I would start cycling to work at least three days per week.I spent serious coin on some...
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