It’s beginning to look a bit like Christmas

Wendy was away last weekend so I began the process of putting out the Christmas things… not much but the one thing I love is the Inuit nativity set. This was a gift to us one year when we went to Labrador – the Big Land – as they call it.  It’s always cold there….

Comfort food

When it’s cold outside or it’s the end of a day and I don’t know what to eat I open the cupboard and look for THAT can!  Yes, that’s right.  Two slices of toast, preferably with real butter on them, and hot, steaming canned spaghetti is just what I love to eat. This is something…

Sumo Wrestling

I remember the first time I saw a real sumo wrestler – well, not in person, but we watched sumo wrestling in high school in a gym class.  All I could think of was, I hope those diapers stay up!  Big men – extremely heavy – banging around trying to push each other off the…