Monthly Archives: March 2011

Good Surprises and A Harbour City

Canada Place, Vancouver, Canada

Once in a while life hands out little surprises that are so beautiful, so unexpected, they leave you glowing for days. I was given one this weekend. Many months ago Canadian  Breanne Mosher commented on one of my blog posts. I popped over to her blog http://thevintagebox.blogspot.com/and soon we forged an online friendship through our...

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A Simple Weekend

Vancouver Flowers

Good morning, dear ones! Alas and alack my laptop is ailing and out of commission, so my posts may be sporadic and photo-limited until I can get it fixed. How was your weekend? Mine was the usual mix of wretchedly sick and sublimely wonderful.  Even the painfully sick times were good though, because I got...

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The Lady in the Red Coat

Snowy Berries

My grandfather was in line at the grocery store the other day when a woman in a red coat barged in front of him, plopping a large package of toilet paper directly on top of his groceries. Startled, he looked up and saw by her animated gestures to the clerk that she was deaf. Not...

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Enjoying Vegetarian When You Aren’t Vegetarian

Roasted Red Pepper Soup

I’ve been writing about my dear Culinary Experimentation Club for over a year now, and tonight I want to tell you a bit about this group of people who mean so much to me. Once upon a time I didn’t even know these folks, but through one strange and hilarious tale after another we somehow...

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How to Make A Difference Today

Denarau Island, Fiji

It’s hard to write about beautiful places in the face of such devastation and loss this year in Australia, New Zealand, Libya, and now Japan. So much pain and suffering, such overwhelming destruction. I’ve been thinking about how lucky I am to be able to take a shower and brew water for my morning coffee....

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