What makes our time here on earth have real meaning?  Whose lens do we look through when we take stock of a life well lived?  The lens of...

When I get bad news, my first instinct is to head to the kitchen to lose myself in a recipe. Or two. Or three. And so it was when I got...

When I searched the internet for 'banana bread recipe cranberry pecans', Google came back with 1,170,000 hits.  Make this recipe ...

This week I went to visit a special friend who is in the fight of her life right now.  Her pain is excruciating, affecting her mobility...

As sure as we know the sun will rise and set, we know we can count on the comfort of egg salad sandwiches in our time of sorrow. While ...

Today I put my last Christmas card in the post and I'm not feeling the least bit guilty. I have given up on the December-something ...

One of the highlights of the annual Perth Garlic Festival each August is dropping in to say hello to "The Garlic Man", Ted Macz...

For the past eleven years October 7th has been an autumn day that seems to trumpet the changing of the season.  On this day I see, hear a...

Today is the 12th anniversary of the terror attacks of 9/11 on the USA.  I was in Europe at the time.  It was unsettling to be separated ...

The water in the car wash pounds down on the bones of my 4-door, cleaning off the trace evidence of the recent dirt road adventures. I am...

When someone calls up and asks if you have coffee, the answer is 'yes'. Even if you haven't had your shower yet, you're...

Our book club gals gathered today for a celebratory birthday.  We have no particular protocol in our informal constitution (there is no c...

When I was a very young girl I would venture to the garden come harvest time, sit down in the dirt and eat right off the plants. My favouri...

As I stood behind your chair, I looked down at you sitting with your back so straight and your shoulders so square. I saw a spot on the top...

Context matters. I just received a dinner invitation to join good friends this weekend for dinner at Absinthe Café Resto Bar . As their gues...

I love food but I love people more. For us, 2012 will be the beginning of a new normal. This year we have been touched by loss, as have peo...

Day is done, gone the sun, From the lake, from the hills, from the sky; All is well, safely rest, God is nigh. Tranquility presents itself i...

Mothers Day. All so perfect and joyous and full of jubilation. And why all this fuss? Celebrating the miracle of birth and the power of par...

Last night, listening to CBC Radio on the long, dark, lonely drive home, I heard the rebroadcast of a piece done on The Current . It had thi...

I often store over-ripe bananas in the freezer for later use. The bananas get extra smooshie while they thaw, giving a more even consistenc...