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Canada's Maritime provinces, also known as The Atlantic Provinces, are quite distinct from the rest of Canada, and Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are distinct from one another. And something both provinces have in common - besides the Atlantic Ocean and Acadian Forest - is farmers working the land, fisherman working the sea, and lumber... Continue Reading →
There were other M places: Montreal, Michigan and Musquodoboit - all of which I'm writing about under other letters, so for M I've chosen the Miramichi, or Miramichi City as it's now called. I lived there in my last year of high school, when I was 17 and again for a couple of years before... Continue Reading →
Although I was born in England and am a British citizen, I'm also a naturalized Canadian with Canadian citizenship. We went to Canada when I was 4 months old and other than a year in England when I was 6, and a year and half in the States, I've lived in Canada my whole life.... Continue Reading →
I lived in Red Deer, Alberta for 2 years in my early 20's. I liked Alberta. Yes, it was cold in the winter, but we also had chinooks - warm winds that raised the frigid -20C temperatures to a positively balmy +10-20, over night. But when it was cold, it was really cold. Sometimes I'd... Continue Reading →
Lady Bean posted today about baking bread and how she's never been able to get whole wheat bread to rise properly. This is a problem I used to have until my most recent efforts. I don't know if it's using different flour, different yeast, a good, warm place to raise the bread or being really... Continue Reading →
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