Recent content by TeaBiscuit

The stove, one of those big wood-burning cookstoves, came with the house. We had it for a long time and it was in constant use during the colder months. After I moved out, that stove was eventually replaced with a smaller parlour stove. Apparently, it wasn't the heat beast that the cookstove...

The Friday Five Favourite foods. Back in the day, when online blogging was a relatively new thing, I used to hang out at a place called LiveJournal. I loved that site so much. I loved all the different interest groups and the wonderful sense of community. To this day, I am still good friends...

@Happy Heart ... As expensive as gas is here, electricity is even more so. My cousin heats with electric and her bill is about three times the size of mine. It's crazy! My dad, back in the day, also had electric heat, but he had a wood stove in the kitchen. During the winter, all the extra rooms...

A Shock To The System It is much too early for such a scary gas bill. Oy. I think our snow is here to stay. It's been fairly mild for November, but there is now enough snow that whatever melts away doesn't really make much difference aside from the streets and sidewalks being slushy and muddy...

Stir-Up Sunday An old British tradition. It's Stir-Up Sunday. Time to make your Christmas pudding! My people are from lowland Scotland and the English midlands and I guess it is from them that I inherited my love for British food and traditions. I adore mincemeat and fruitcake, and I will never...

Memories A musical blast from the past. I don't post a lot to Facebook nowadays, but I do enjoy looking at old posts in my memories every day, particularly conversations that I've had with my children. One day I was talking to my son and this memory was the result. Me: I played 90's country...

A Story From Unorthodox Hats, books, and bubbes. Last Saturday I posted on Facebook that I was currently reading Unorthodox. The mention of Williamsburg elicited a comment from a friend who said that when he visited New York City, he walked over the Williamsburg Bridge a few times. He had a...

A New Book Confessions of a bibliophile. I must admit that I am occasionally guilty of buying a book simply because I love the title and cannot resist. This is one of those times. How charming is the back cover? ❤️

I live in sweatpants and t-shirts. Dressing up is putting on a pair of jeans and I don't do that very often. I am trying to remember the last time I bought a new article of clothing and nothing comes to mind. I do know it wouldn't have been anything pricey because I don't have expensive taste...

Daily Journal Getting into the holiday spirit. Yesterday I was home all day. I drank coffee flavoured with mint and chocolate and watched Christmas movies. A few blocks away, my daughter hauled out her Christmas decorations and started decorating her tree. There were many back-and-forth...

I tried a new recipe tonight for Southwestern pasta. The sauce had black pepper, white pepper, cayenne pepper, and hot sauce. I have to tell you, all that pepper had me a bit worried, but the finished dish had a warm heat and wasn't overly spicy. It was very tasty and I would definitely make it...

A Beloved Companion The Buddy Dog ... we are best friends forever. Today my Facebook memories showed me one of my favourite photos of my best friend in the whole wide world. I got Buddy as a six-week-old puppy and he was by my side until he passed away at the age of fifteen. He's been gone...

A Surprise Visitor Welcoming the return of an old friend. For the past year or so, I have been buying my favourite instant coffee - Nescafe Rich Blend - from Amazon. I can get a pack of three jars for fifteen dollars. One jar from my nearest grocery store is almost ten dollars. One jar from...

I've always been more about the side dishes, even when I ate meat. This year we had Gardein's turk'y cutlets for Thanksgiving. Their individual stuffed turk'y roasts are good too. But they were only a small part of the overall meal and not really the main attraction. The hit of our Thanksgiving...

According to the chart, my dish is turkey. As a vegan, I have to give that a no. LOL