Yearly Archives: 2008

What’s behind the blue door? The chickadees have long been friendly, but this is the first year I’ve had nuthatches in hand. This little white lamb is a charmer – always curious and full of beans… ..who’s mama’s favourite little … Continue reading →

As we engage in our annual reflections about food and menu in the monastery’s dining room, it happens that the Food Programme’s latest show was on nursery school food and what toddlers eat: the roots of institutional dining, and part … Continue reading →

What a social whirl this week. Cake after cake, treat after treat, chocolates every which way. On Tuesday we had some fun at the Muenster Family Restaurant: Awesome pork chops. Lemon potatoes. Mmmm, be it ever so humble…. Then we … Continue reading →

It has been a bit warmer, if that is the word, but even my hardy Edmonton companions found a few minutes of yesterday’s walk a journey through the most biting cold imaginable. The day before, we’d had an invigorating march … Continue reading →

It’s all about the weather here. Today started sunny and clear and is now grey and cold, cold, cold. The forecast is for a wind chill temp of -41c (or a not entirely desirable -25 out of the wind). I … Continue reading →