Yes, it’s the same name as the Gordon Lightfoot song – which (sorry Gordie) is rather simple in lyric, and only any good when sung by someone like Sarah McLachlan, anyway – but the song title keeps popping into my head as we feel the second heavy snowfall near what should be winter’s end. The [...]
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Song for a Winter’s Night
Posted: March 1, 2012 in Canada, Family, Media, PoetryTags: home, nature, vacation, weather, winter
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A while ago, we were at an NHL hockey game with the kids. And, as is my kids’ custom with new places, they wanted to go to the bathroom. Many times. (I don’t know. I think it’s a boy thing). At one point, exasperated as I was to accompany yet one more time, I let [...]
Getting ready for more camping. They’ll be great for breakfast with jam or for lunch with a sandwich! Based off of a LCBO recipe here.
We moved from tenting to trailer camping this summer – yet another indicator that I’m softening in my years. In an effort to manage the learning curve, we camped in it for the better part of two weeks as school was winding to an end. The benefits: You are conscious of water use in a [...]
Sometimes it feels like crawling towards the finish, but it’s been three years or so that I’ve been planning a second brewery (mostly covered in this post), and I’m almost there. The latest (and last?) setback is the unavailability of stainless-steel quick disconnects locally – looks like I’ll have to get them shipped within the [...]
