Mist Cottage is cozy in this frigid winter weather. The basement is not heated, but is maintaining a temperature of about 10C, 40C above the temperature outdoors this morning. That basement insulation is really doing a good job. So far we are able to purchase most of our usual food items from the grocery store.… Continue reading Cozy

Winter is having its way with us! -31C here this morning, which is -39C windchill. Not a good day for a leisurely walk. The sky is clear though, and the sun promises warmer times to come. The thermometer outside my kitchen window will dip low again tonight, and then will make its way upwards to… Continue reading Warm and Dry

Cold! Winter is flexing its muscles right now, with a windchill this morning of -35C, temperature of -25C. This is the cold that blew in from the western Canada, warmer by the time it reached us, but still very cold. With the cold came the sunshine, which is always welcome. It is Saturday though, and… Continue reading Brrr….

I do not ascribe to the concept of only living on as long as someone remembers you. I ascribe to the concept that we are all part of a chain, a chain of interactions and experiences that touch each other and the earth, the chain’s beginning is unknown, as is its end, but we all… Continue reading The Chain

Monday, January 3, 2021 Arghh….. I ordered the wrong printer cartridge! This item cannot be obtained locally without a long drive and entering a store. The Omicron surge is in full swing here, and this is not the time for me to be entering a store for a printer cartridge. The unsuitable cartridge arrived, and… Continue reading Settling Into Winter