Category: Journal

This morning it snowed, and now the temperature is 1C and it is melting off the roads. This will make walking easier in the days to come. The temperature is supposed to drop like a stone tonight, a low of -9, and not rise above freezing again for the foreseeable future. It is great that… Continue reading There And Back Again

Wintry weather has arrived! We have had a little bit of snow, a little bit of chilling wind, and a little bit of sunshine. Not a bad start to the cold weather season, not really. Last week we ate the last of the ripened green tomatoes. The only fresh produce from the garden that is… Continue reading Wintry Weather

Sometimes people tell us things, and although we hear the words, the intended meaning sails on by us into the ether. Sometimes we know we don’t understand, sometimes we don’t care if we understand, and most of the time we interpret what we hear according to our own context and experience and carry on from… Continue reading All The Things We Cannot Hear

I had thought I had finished with canning since the garden has been tucked in for the winter, and no further harvesting will take place in 2025. Today I decided I wanted noodles, vegetables, and sweet Thai chili sauce for my lunch. All the sweet Thai chili sauce I had canned has been consumed. A… Continue reading Canning Once More

Saturday already! And we are soon to head into the last week of November. The landscape of time has changed with age, largely for the better in my opinion. We are having a quiet, relaxed day today. The past week has been very busy, Attila painting walls in the basement and tucking the garden in… Continue reading Settling in for the Winter