This morning I rode my bicycle almost 40 km (25 miles) to and from a weekly pop-up community and farm market. Each summer Saturday morning they set up the tables and open stalls outside, on a small crescent bordering on a lake. It’s a very Read More …
With all of my planned activities cancelled due to COVID-19, back in March I decided to try a few new things that I could do at home. One of these was to outsmart our local wild rabbits by planting a small vegetable garden in raised Read More …
First thing this morning, I walked out our front door to check on our still-new container garden for vegetables. Each time I’ve tried to set up a vegetable garden in the past, the wild rabbits roaming our neighbourhood would munch their way right through it. Read More …
Back in mid-March, our provincial government ordered the closure of all but essential services because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Arenas, community centres, libraries, recreation and sports centres, swimming pools, and more all had to close from one day to the next – with no advance Read More …
It’s been an interesting few months, hasn’t it? Last December, I began seeing an increasing number of newspaper articles about a strange new illness in China. There seemed to be an outbreak of a novel – another word for new – type of pneumonia there, Read More …
When I woke up this morning, I decided that today was the day. Last week I managed to give my husband a decent haircut, using an old pair of barber’s shears and mostly my left – wrong – hand. The cut turned out surprisingly well, Read More …
