Travelling With A Friend – Part 2

Travelling With A Friend – Part 2

Have you read – Travelling With A Friend Part 1? The airport McDonald’s is bubbling with energy. People make it through the winding wait with steaming food in hand – they attempt to find chairs and tables in a space overflowing. I find seating for three...
Travelling With A Friend – Part 1

Travelling With A Friend – Part 1

“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.” Helen Keller     I press the snooze button. 4:40am. My bed feels cozy, blanket soft. I groan. Who gets up at this hour? I let sleep pull me away. “You better wake up.” My husband...
Hot Pot Pizza

Hot Pot Pizza

When the days are cold, China turns to hot pot for warmth and comfort. Hot pot restaurants are plentiful and are filled with family and friends cooking meat and vegetables over a simmering pot of stock. A memorable experience. Their tasty broths and variety of...

Baby, It’s Cold Inside

When there is no central heating; when your whole family is huddled around one heater and you are wearing layer upon layer of clothing; when you can see your breathe in the bathroom and the pipes for the water heating system have frozen and burst; when all three kids...
Six Hour Cider

Six Hour Cider

  I couldn’t imagine Christmas without the rich flavours of cinnamon, cloves, apple, orange and lemon, simmered and blending for hours in the slow cooker, filling our home with a  wonderfully rich smell. Our Apple Cider. Neither could Brian, that’s why he agreed...
Generosity Greets the Holidays

Generosity Greets the Holidays

Just as our warm fall temperatures dipped and cooled, I discovered that I was out of both herbal tea and chocolate chips! If only the solution were as simple as adding the items to my grocery list and picking them up next time I am at the grocery store. But these...