Monthly Archives: February 2008

I’ve been fighting the ‘inkling’ that I was getting sick. I did not feel sick, but I was in a car with a couple of ‘typhoid Marys & Geralds’ (and Willie was so completely worth it!) plus getting quite a … Continue reading →

Last night, St. James’ hosted a Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper. The feature, which draws folks from near and far, is their potato pancakes! I’ve not ever had potato pancakes before – just like the Octoberfest was my introduction to sauerkraut. … Continue reading →

You know that I’ve been making quite a production out of Ground Hog’s Day! But as I thought about Ground Hog’s Day and Transfiguration Sunday ……… I wondered just how often do these two dates fall so close together?? ………… … Continue reading →

Happy Birthday to our beautiful daughter, Emily. I was overdue when Emily decided to be born – in a rush! At 7:00 in the morning, in the midst of a terrible storm, I’m phoning my neighbour to take Rhett (who … Continue reading →

We had quite a lot of snow on Friday, but that didn’t deter Gerald & Mary, Mary (our new neighbour & friend) and myself from waking up at 5:00 a.m. Gerald picked us up at 5:45 and we were on … Continue reading →

Mary has a weekly column in the Hanover Post and she shared with me her column that will be read in today’s edition. This “Wiarton Willie” fever is a wonderful thing! Read on ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Growing up as a farm kid, … Continue reading →

I have another observation to make on East-West differences. Our family clearly prefers Ichiban noodles (“Soup in a Package” as my kids have always called it – chicken flavour) as our dehydrated soup of choice. From my extensive grocery shopping … Continue reading →