5th
July
2015
Such a feast
A good idea, carefully nurtured, can take root. Grow. Become an annual tradition. That’s what we joined, this afternoon.
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Such a feast
21st
June
2015
Fresh bread and water
A reminder (to self) as a new rural dweller: Don’t dress too comfortably around the house, because people drop in to visit, unlike in the big city. No scandal implied.
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16th
June
2015
The list, not The List
Unsure about an arrival? Wait and see; if nobody knocks at the door, assume that another day would be better, and then head off to do other things. Which we did. The city beckons.
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8th
June
2015
Newly minted ID
A new address is a good reason to update the ID envelope. This morning, I received a new driver’s permit, and made the “official” request for a local health card. Both required, if I want to get full value for my tax dollar.
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7th
June
2015
Where everybody knows your name
A popular TV series, from a number of years back, had a theme that mentioned being in a place where everybody knows your name. Home, in simpler terms. This afternoon, as we wandered this area, I had that sentiment. People called me by name (for the record, it’s not “Hey, you!”). It felt good.
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15th
May
2015
An oversized cookie
How often do we get close to greatness? Once, I almost touched the tour bus of a “name”, although I didn’t get to meet the owner. Still…
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12th
May
2015
Attacking the infrastructure
My bouts of sporadic insomnia are not related to stress. There, I’ve made that clear. Now let’s move along, or move, or something.
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11th
May
2015
The great cookbook purge
Our kitchen prepares about five hundred meals a year. Usually for a small group; two or three plus pet pest share. We aren’t crazy “Oh, we should try that” folk. No, our tastes are a function of hunger and budget, with a heaping tablespoon of “what the local market actually has in stock”.
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10th
May
2015
Blended
My exposure to cinema is limited. I don’t like sitting in closed rooms with hundreds of others, basking in the glow of cellphone screens and inhaling second-hand popcorn odour. After all, my health is important.
10th
April
2015
New kitchen tech
Back before the start of snow season, we decided to change our kitchen range. Just because we could, rather than one of those emergencies that leaves you eating cold sandwiches; it allowed us to weigh the available technologies (in a figurative sense) and decide what we wanted. In this part of the world, that comes down to three choices: gas, traditional electric or induction.
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