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Ingredients are best when fresh.

This year we had a bigger reaction to the COVID shot - flu was a non event, except for the tender arm. I asked the pharmacist which brand of COVID we got this year - it was Moderna, not the Pfizer we'd had all the previous times. I recalled that friends had noted in the past that Moderna...

Halloween is a big celebration in our community. The church joins in on the daytime celebration in the local village BIA - they put their awning in the mainstreet location with many other organizations & people dress in fun costumes & give out treats to all who stop by. Families wander the...

Oh Nancy ... tender time for you and your family as you honour your mom's life. I hope there is abundant love and laughter in your remembering.

I'm not interested in the arguments. We, along with a few others on our street, are doing ACCESSIBLE Halloween this year. Lawn signs are out :-) We heard a CBC radio interview last week & got on board :-) I live on such a great block! The website link gives thoughtful tips about 'treating'...

I like writing. I've done quite a lot of it - in various contexts & styles over the decades - medical chart notes & reports; published peer reviewed journal article; presentations & posters for conferences; fun writing with kids; writing stories from life moments; and a bit with Writers...

I'm sad to read this news tonight. I had not known of her cancer diagnosis. LB & I chatted often - 'back in the day'. We discovered she had lived in my neighbourhood earlier in her married life, and raised her son here in his early years, likely going to same school as my kids. Sadly, he died...

There are some interesting things going on with various Diaspora 'congregations' - like the "Ikea church" gathering on Sunday mornings - in an IKea cafeteria - sign on the table (multilingual) inviting people to stop by. Making connections, growing relationships - often with lonely folks...

Hey chansen - have you ever been up to Boreal Farms? Great organic produce for sale at the roadside. I think it's in your general area - across from The Happy Hippy's place. We were at Boreal last weekend - so interesting! Run by a friend's son ... hence our visit. So many initiatives to...

Ahhh ... JimKenney12 - nice to see you engaged wth the Laurentian initiative. I've known Cathy & Stephane from from other UCCan initiatives - they are terrific - so it certainly seems a visionary team has connected well. Very sorry to hear about your broken leg!! I hope you are healing well. C.

Last month my book study group read this non-fiction - with Day of Truth & Reconciliation approaching ... It was EXCELLENT. Based on a true Canadian situation. Very well researched & told in an approachable manner. Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to...

OMG we had super fresh mangos, put through a blender, for breakfast in Peru some 50 years ago! I still remember that delight!

Rev. Dr. Keith Howard was the primary leader with Emerging Spirit initiative. Maybe Michael Kooiman also. I think Richard was more involved with the "More Franchises than Tim Horton's" conferences. I do recall some conversations with him at that event, but not ES.

Hi Jayne - yes, I remember Emerging Spirit & participated in one of its weekend conferences (with others from my congregation, as was required), which I thought was actually quite well done. Material was printed in full colour, coil bound books - which I only recently culled from my bookcase...

Was an issue I faced in the past; a pt was often not showing up for outpatient therapy appointments, annoying the therapists & risking discharge. We talked & discovered their injury resulted in severe loss of income; they were choosing between buying groceries to feed the kids or filling the...