Every evening as I leave the office I walk by a little man sitting in a wheelchair parked on the sidewalk, just out of the way of passersby....

Why do we bake and give away sweets at Christmas? "In that day, the mountains will drip sweetness, and the rivers will flow with milk a...

My grandmother holding her first grandchild. We were supposed to have the same birthday, but I finally arrived half an hour afer midnight. ...

I'm reading Blue Remembered Hills, Rosemary Sutcliff's memoir of her childhood, and just had to share some of her delicious, wicked...

Who says you have to stick to turkey for Thanksgiving? I know that in North America, the following remark will amount to heresy, but turkey ...

This salad combines autumn flavours with the ease and lightness of a meal you would normally serve in hot weather. Perfect for these Indian...

Mimi came home from Chilliwack last weekend with big juicy peaches, which I turned into Sunday dessert - fresh peach cobbler. This recipe w...

When my mom and her sisters were growing up, my grandmother always insisted they eat at least one meal a day all together. Since my grandfat...

A friend of mine who knew me when I was a sweet little girl of seventeen is surprised to learn I now drink beer. This is thanks to another ...

It's August now and after a prolonged heatwave in July, the weather has suddenly turned cool and nippy. Night is falling remorselessly e...

Last summer Mimi and I almost killed this blueberry bush out of neglect. In fact, we had already given it up for dead. But lo and behold, th...

Next time you find yourself in the situation I was in today - no dinner leftovers to brown-bag for tomorrow's lunch - skip the food cour...

My roomie has introduced me to the simple and delicious joys of Japanese home cooking. This past winter we warmed up our cold hungry tummies...

It was winter when my family and I first arrived in Canada. Our friends and family in Manila thought we were crazy to make the move in the ...

The Little Mermaid at Stanley Park The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen was my favourite fairy tale as a child. For reasons I could...

Last November my parents made what is hopefully the last big move of their married life, and left Vancouver for Montreal. After a tearful g...

In no particular order. 1) Gone With the Wind For all the great lines: "After all, tomorrow is another day." "As God is ...

I’ve just finished reading Middlemarch by George Eliot – a big thick wedge of a book, and one of the most satisfying novels I’ve ever read....

We're in the middle of a heat wave. Today was the hottest day yet...it hit over 35 degrees in the Valley. Even the cows are fainting (I...

Sorting through some papers after my grandmother died, my mother found her parents' marriage certificate. But there were a few strange d...