Curried Squash & Lentil Soup
What to do with leftover Squash from Thanksgiving? As the weather turns cooler and wetter here in Ottawa on Tundra my thoughts turn towards my crockpot gathering dust under the…
What to do with leftover Squash from Thanksgiving? As the weather turns cooler and wetter here in Ottawa on Tundra my thoughts turn towards my crockpot gathering dust under the…
You would think as we near the end of May we would be in shorts, tees and flip-flops, but this year Mother Nature has her own ideas, at least here…
My wife says I can never just go with the flow, constantly tweaking things about the house (especially furniture!) or wanting to add a little something to time honoured family…
Around our house ‘quiet time’ is when people are going less than 50 mph. As a result dinners can be rushed or multitasked between web pages, graphic work or zooming…
We found this one on the net while looking for a simple, 13 year old proof dessert idea. The topping is quite like Polyfilla and a bit of a toad…
When first you breakshards of you like shrapnelembedded in the stuccoyou once called ‘home’,tiny men in bibbed overallsbuild walls brick by brickwet mortar flyingto protect you while you heal,a facade…
I have random thoughts all the time, some make me go hmmm…, some evaporate as fast as the come. My wife once said I should write a book of the…
I try hard, really I do, to be a better person every time I kick off the covers first thing and slip into my slippers. But some things still annoy…
It sounds so clinical,176 – like a tokenor ticket clutchedwaitingfor your starched shirtsor bakery orderbut to his motherthere was a namesung deep like a lullabybeyond our earsor comprehension,whispered softlyby his…
An idea I had on the way home from a lovely afternoon party. This is my first digital image in a very long time. Enjoy,Mark
An image I took (with manipulation) soon after we moved to Ottawa. My wife and son walking along Wellington Ave, which is a really cool and funky part of the…