The police have closed the main highway here, due to weather conditions, snow squalls and zero visibility. Luckily we were not planning on going anywhere. We still have power, for which I am grateful. The snow squalls are predicted to persist into Thursday, with the possibility of 40 more centimetres of snow. We already have… Continue reading Highway Closed
Category: 2013
Sharing Thoughts
Every day in the bush is a day spent in my own company. “The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.” Aldous Huxley Solitude is important to me, I need a lot of it. I love sincere people. I find them profoundly interesting, and frequently delightful.… Continue reading Sharing Thoughts
Price Increases
All of these pre-Christmas sales! Flyers stacked on flyers, stacked on flyers, arriving in the mail. The thing is, the prices for everything I am looking at are very, very high. With prices this high, we will make very few purchases, and will insist that everything we buy be made in Canada, if at all… Continue reading Price Increases
Cupcakes and Stun Guns and Bank Shenanigans
I get an RSS feed from a homesteading site. These people merely collect and distribute articles, as opposed to writing about their own experiences. Nothing wrong with that, but sometimes what they share makes my head spin. Here are two consecutive articles they posted: Christmas Tree Strawberry Brownie Cupcake Mix, and How To Make A… Continue reading Cupcakes and Stun Guns and Bank Shenanigans
Plenty
This morning five inches of snow rests lightly on the deck railing. The pre-solstice snow is always beautiful to my eyes. In January I start to need snow goggles, by March I am as driven as a snowflake in a blizzard, to see the last of it. Falling on all that beautiful snow this morning… Continue reading Plenty