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SWEET POTATO &TOFU PATTIES

My family devours these at breakfast, lunch, dinner or whenever they please. It means I now have to double or triple the ingredients and find a bowl big enough to mix them all in!  It’s an idiot-proof recipe. (Why else would I even try?) 2 cups grated sweet potatoes (peeled) 6 oz tofu (grated if… Continue reading SWEET POTATO &TOFU PATTIES

A Crash Course in Cooking

If you’ve read this blog or any of my books, you know that certain talents missed me completely. I make herb jellies well enough, as I wrote in A Good Home. But cooking, baking, knitting, and any form of interior decoration are foreign lands. My husband, daughters, sisters and friends live there, and they speak… Continue reading A Crash Course in Cooking

The Gardening Gloves

I head out to the garden To stroll To smell the loamy soil To see the tiny flowers Walk on the fresh green grass And hear the songs of birds I do not need my gloves ~ I do not plan to weed today Just stroll Gloves would mean I plan to weed To plunge… Continue reading The Gardening Gloves

The Upside

Last night, we had supper at table for the first time in weeks.  We prayed for all who are at risk of the virus, then we gave thanks for our blessings, and ate. The upside of being restricted at home with family is that someone always senses when we need an uplift. Out comes a… Continue reading The Upside

Close Connections in a Crisis

My sister is making masks for a local hospital, the same hospital where my 5-month old  granddaughter will get her standard vaccination against certain diseases in just a few weeks. My sister’s voluntary mask-making reminds me of women in this area in earlier decades — and in all of Canada, actually — women who knitted… Continue reading Close Connections in a Crisis

Quarantining

Written by Lauren Reyes-Grange and me, in a fit of stay-at-home induced madness. Our apologies for breaking all the rules of verse:    This stay at home thing and the boredom it brings Could make a sane gal a real misfit I like my home, don’t get me wrong  But I’d like a brief chance… Continue reading Quarantining

Bees on Snowdrops

The pollinators are out and buzzing around! And since snowdrops are the only flowers blooming right now, the bees are to be found there. I didn’t know snowdrops were attractive to bees and other pollinators, but there they were!  They will have many more blooms to choose from soon, as milder temperatures have arrived in… Continue reading Bees on Snowdrops

Salmon Going Upstream

Since we are all self-isolating, the biggest excitement around here this weekend was watching the salmon go up the stream to spawn, as they do every spring. They are swimming against the current and it forces them back, but they keep trying. Once in a while, you can see them jump above the obstacles in… Continue reading Salmon Going Upstream

Gardening Scenes To Uplift

My favourite moments are my granddaughter’s smile and the sound of my family members’ voices here beside me or on the phone. Joy is made up of such things. And when I open the back door and look out at the garden, I know that the trees will get their leaves within weeks and the… Continue reading Gardening Scenes To Uplift

Angie’s Last Spring

A GUEST POST BY RITA SYKES   Spending a Spring day in the park is so rejuvenating with its promise of abundance. The forest is alive with small residents and flowering woodland that have withstood the darkness and frugality of winter. The cycle begins anew. Angie would strain against her leash, anxious to be free… Continue reading Angie’s Last Spring