Despite my desire to not undertake renovations ever again, the house we bought needed work on the kitchen. And while we’re at it …
Tag: Stratford
Blooms from a Stratford garden
The view of a Stratford home garden, from a grateful guest garden caretaker.
My Canada, 130/150: A culinary couple
A few years ago, I joined Canadian chefs Anna and Michael Olson on a tour that included cooking classes and other culinary adventures.
My Canada, 122/150: My Stratford adventures
When you grow up in southern Ontario, you take the festival for granted: that’s where you go for the annual English bus trip to see a play.
My Canada, 102/150: Into the woods
Delicacy and respect is required if one’s going to tramp about the woods to gather your vegetables.
My Canada, 86/150: Operatic endeavours
In any account of Canadian opera, Harry Somer’s Louis Riel is singled out as an important work.
My Canada, 77/150: The rail ties that bind
When I was a kid in school and we had to write an essay about our “favourite Canadian Hero”, I picked the Canadian Pacific Railway.
My Canada, 70/150: Hopping to it
It becomes part of the fun of travel, these days, to try the local beer and perhaps bring some home as a memory.
