“Food security is not in the supermarket. It’s not in the government. It’s not at the emergency services division. True food security is the historical normalcy of packing it in during the abundant times, building that in-house larder, and resting easy knowing that our little ones are not dependent on next week’s farmers’ market or […]
“One of the marks of a feminine woman is refinement, which implies good social breeding. This means to be tactful, courteous, diplomatic, considerate, sensitive to the feelings of others, and the picture of propriety, good taste and graciousness. A refined person is careful not to offend anyone, is never rude, impolite, inconsiderate, crude, coarse or […]
Happy {Canadian} Thanksgiving! Well, it has now been two weeks since Hurricane Fiona hit our little island – and I would say we are nearly back to normal, at least in our household. It was a very frightening event and certainly something I would not want to experience again! We did have to hide […]
“Cooking as an art — ‘Hidden Art’, if you want to call it so – should be recognized and then developed in everyone who has to cook, wants to cook or could cook! Cooking should not be thought of as a drudgery but as an art. The danger today.. […]
“As the years pass, I am coming more and more to understand that it is the common, everyday blessings of our common everyday lives for which we should be particularly grateful. They are the things that fill our lives with comfort and our hearts with gladness — just the pure air to breathe and the […]
