So here it is 2024. Damned near 7 years since I last shared anything on this platform. Kinda crazy, been away from home this long. Life - it's what happens while you're busy making plans. As a writer, with a permanent account here I always considered this home. Funny, I recall the days back, oh 10 years ago or more, when the Russians bought ( Read more... )

Oh my - we've been crazy busy, I've barely had time to click a few 'share' buttons over on Facebook these last few weeks let alone actually write blog posts. Lord knows I owe a few ... like how the bacon turned out, and 'Carrot cake, that giant muffin of goodness', or how I feel about being 50 :) You get non of those, you get a hit and run ( Read more... )

On the heels of last week's lost philosophical / political post, I am going to make a serious effort to recreate it, but in the meantime we're taking a little break to talk about cooking. Normally Sunday would be a Market Day post, but thanks to Friday night shifts I haven't made it to the market in a couple weeks. However, this weekend is the ( Read more... )

I know I know.. I already did a 'Polar Bear Season' post, and a 'New Year's' post another navel gazing post is just too muchToo bad ( Read more... )

... And a bright and shiny new year full of promise and possibility awakens, (complete with the first proper big fluffy flakes winter wonderland snowfall of the season). Seems like every year we seem all too glad to kick the old year out the door and welcome the new one. I don't think it was really 2014's fault it was a bit of a dud.... I think ( Read more... )

There are times when there are things you just can't talk about ( Read more... )

Today is my darlin's birthday, oh my, there are a 100, a 100,000 things I could say should say want to say ... and I likely won't say any of them here ( Read more... )

Offer was accepted as presented - $90,000, conditional only on a structural inspection - they're actually gonna leave a few things behind we didn't ask for, but can always use - like the washer / dryer, and 2 bedroom suites that are too heavy for them to move, closing date - October 1st ( Read more... )

Taking today off, and probably tomorrow as well ( Read more... )

The latest member of our little fur family the wee little fluffball Fibonacci - has left us.
He died suddenly sometime this afternoon. No warning, no illness, no lethargy, no apparent injury. When we got home from errands the other cats were a bit frantic and trying hard to get our attention. James found him curled up around the water dish.

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