Coming down again
I have always relied on the kindness of others. So when a dear friend offered to use some...
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Mrs. Amar Patel
[caption id="attachment_294" align="alignleft" width="213" caption="Mrs Amar Patel, chef and owner of Indian Rice Factory"][/caption] It was with great...
Niagara beckons
[caption id="attachment_290" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Careful with that saw, Eugene... A short back and sides for the holm oak"][/caption]...
A night at the Opera
Tonight I was invited to a lovely dinner at a restaurant I didn’t know, called Monolithi, in...
Pakistan fundraiser
This just in – a letter from Michael Stadtländer. As always, Michael’s vision is slightly wider and deeper...
Bee magic
[caption id="attachment_276" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="honey and scrambled eggs"][/caption] This is a jar of honey. Our neighbours, Yorgos and...
Marinato another way
[caption id="attachment_272" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Marinatos another (more conventional) way"][/caption] I’ve lost track of the mayoral race in Toronto...
Anchovy marinato
[caption id="attachment_266" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="our rosemary hedge, now officially declared out-of-control"][/caption] Just before two o’clock this afternoon, when...
A little too close for comfort
[caption id="attachment_260" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Yesterday's conflagration"][/caption] Two wild fires in the last week have kept the municipal fire...
Campari Time
[caption id="attachment_257" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The view from the terrace"][/caption] Sitting here on the high terrace of our old...