Happy Monday! We had a busy weekend here in the heat (I know, relative!), with one of us turning older and both of us determined to feel sanguine about that (I’m currently reading Ursula LeGuin’s…
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As you’ll read below, I’ve got a bundle of activities I’d really like to fit in today. One of those is my Monday blogpost, but I was fretting a bit about what I could manage…
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I asked my maternal grandmother once what her childhood Christmasses were like, whether, on the farm in a deep Manitoba cold just into the 20th century, she had received many, or any, gifts. Sometimes an…
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On today’s agenda: 1. Make two loaves of sourdough fermented bread — make, not bake, as this recipe requires another 24-36 hours in the fridge after the loaves have been formed into their brotfrom baskets and before they…
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We’re expecting some “at times heavy” snow today — up to 10 centimetres, and then another 5 to 10 tonight. . . And, unfortunately, I have to make my way downtown for a tooth-cleaning appointment…
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