Recently there has been an explosion of activity within the Shire and I’m happy to see it, we’ve been quiet for a long time. The only problem comes when people say things like ‘ooo, you cook, share your recipes’. It’s not a problem with copyright, it’s notoriously hard to copyright a recipe – for me, […]
I’m not a fan of most gluten free pizza and by ‘not a fan’ I mean that I actively loathe it when it’s little more than a cardboard disc buried in toppings. Wafer thin, limp, lacking in flavour – most gluten free pizza from the chains is sometime I do only because there isn’t really […]
I’m not one for resolutions though I am certainly resolute. My father says I’m stubborn like my mother, my mother says I’m pigheaded like my father – I prefer the term ‘determined’. What I’ve determined is to do is make a few changes in my routine, step things up and one of the things I […]
Like any other type of research, data is critical. Names, dates, and places are the bedrock that a family tree project is built on. And there’s a problem with that first statement and I’ll amend it here – Like any other type of research, accurate data is critical.
There’s […]
My mother has a theory on why I started working on the family tree and I’m sure most of my relatives do as well but when it comes down to it, it all started with Mrs. McCutcheon and our Man in Society class. One of the projects was to do a little family tree, nothing […]
The look of the blog has changed, this is mostly because the WordPress issue a while back nuked my settings. Thank you so much to Dave and Kelly who have put up with me the last few days. It takes me a bit to pick up these things and this new blog template has a […]
Yesterday was the kid’s birthday and as is tradition, we went out to the lake for dinner. With Easter being this upcoming weekend, Mum and I talked about simplifying dinner and decided that since the kid loves pasta – pasta, it is.
Mum makes good meatballs but I’m the problem, I can’t eat traditional meatballs because […]
One of the things I’ve discovered working on the family tree is that 1890-1925 is a critical time piece. If there’s going to be a problem with the family, that’s where it begins to unravel. I’ve seen it in multiple places in my tree and it’s vexing. The tear your hair out and wail type […]
One of my younger cousins stopped into the shop today and my Mum made a comment about how I’d been working on the family tree off and on for about 20 years. It took a minute and I realized that she’s wrong, I’ve been working on it (off and on) for about 30 years.
I think […]
I’ve really put off reviewing this tea because well, I love Earl Grey – all manner of Earl Grey. There’s something about the floral scent and flavour that I just love. It came as no surprise to me that I liked this tea, and it’s a very good tea. My biggest problem is that I […]