Stay in a campground long enough and you’ll find other repeat customers. I’m not always able to pull their names up from the mental Rolodex, but we are creatures of habit. That is, we try to pitch in the same little spot each season. Birds do things in a similar way.
posted in food, travel | Comments Off on Bubbly Bake is really good | 270 words
Now children, what do we do when the temperature reaches 30C? Why, that’s right… as little as possible. Or we can go for ice cream.
posted in food | Comments Off on Ways to mitigate the heat | 259 words
Her voice made a believer out of me. The tone rarely varied, but her directions were concise and, to a certain point, worth following.
posted in food, humour, travel | Comments Off on I believed everything she said, until we got lost | 289 words
For a change, I didn’t mind the road being blocked. This was the first time I’ve ever seen real bicycle racers, pelothon and all.
posted in food | Comments Off on New restaurant and new conversation | 266 words
Inquiring minds want to know, so I called Stan. Now, Stan and I are recent acquaintences; he had sent me a very polite email last week, so I felt at ease bringing up his (corporate) number in Skype and introducing myself. Yes, my parcel is still in transit, because Canada and Tennessee are a world apart.
posted in food, technology | Comments Off on Slow progress across the continent | 281 words
An egg; proof that nature has considered all possibilities. There’s a certain pleasure in eating a fried egg. Conversely, there’s a certain terror involved in collecting that egg from its rightful owner. I remember…
posted in economy, food | Comments Off on Getting back to your agrarian roots | 333 words
Step into summer with sandals. White socks are optional.
Seriously, come beach weather, sandals are necessary. After all, there are laws about removing sand from provincial beaches. Bare soles test the temperature of sun-beaten sand, and sneakers require too much after-visit maintenance. My old sandals (comfortable enough in their time) have become a study in crazy glue and woodscrew repairs. After seeing a new pair that I liked yesterday, but unable to “grow” three sizes before closing time, I was really keen when the papers showed a “today only sale” of the same model, at 50% off the yesterday sale price.
posted in food, sports | Comments Off on Summer footware | 257 words
While out for groceries this evening, I noticed two innovations (involving bacon). This staple of the breakfast menu is now available in resealable plastic boxes or in packaging with tear-off subportions. There, the emergency has been resolved. Back to regular frustrations.
posted in food, health | Comments Off on Better bacon boxes | 282 words
I’m caught in a time of adjustment, and I need a great plan for a bag of bell peppers.
As the kids get older, their schedules are starting to impinge on family routine. Son #3 put it eloquently, as he headed out the door. “I’ve got a life now”. No matter that within the half-hour, he was on the phone seeking a Dad-taxi, since the calculation of city but times had left him standing in limbo for at least one hour.
posted in food | Comments Off on Retune the weekly menu | 264 words
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… for those in retail, at least. I’ve shown great restraint in mall crawling, but other members of the family have been lost for hours. When someone comes home exhausted from the jostling and stress, I’m glad to be an onliner.
posted in computing, food | Comments Off on Big birds and bigger books | 283 words
