Kids Cookbooks to Church Cookbooks: recipes I grew up with!

  Growing up in rural Canada, with a mother who didn't like to cook, gourmet cookbooks were non-existent.  The first cook book I ever used was given to me for my 8th birthday.   It was a cookbook for kids.  I must have shown a liking for cooking to have been given it at such a... Continue Reading →

How Punctual Are You?

 Are you one of those people who turns up 5 minutes early and starts tapping your foot if others are 5 minutes late?  I read an interesting blog post about cultural attitudes towards time that has got me thinking. I used to be a stickler for punctuality and the use of time.  So much so,... Continue Reading →

Time for 21st century speak! Use ‘they’ as a singular pronoun.

Here's the rest of that essay as promised yesterday! We are not being pernicious bitch feminists when we ask you to use 'they' rather than 'he', we ask you to use 'they' because it includes women and girls as equals. Language shapes identity and sociocultural mores.  Girls need to grow up knowing they are equal,... Continue Reading →

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