I don’t know where you are in the world, but my neck of the woods has been hit with the worse winter I can remember: snow, extreme cold, rain, snow, icy rain, more extreme cold, and some more snow. Winter is nowhere near finished, yet I’m already daydreaming about summer, and days when the airContinue reading “Surviving winter with plant friends”
Category Archives: passions
“The Witches of New York”, a rave!
A few weeks ago a finished reading the amazing book “The Witches of New York”, by Amy McKay. Since them, I’ve been thinking about the characters, their lives and of course their amazing tea shop. The story is set in New York at the end of the 19th century and features three astonishing women. TheContinue reading ““The Witches of New York”, a rave!”
A Time and a Plate, my favourite podcast
A year ago, I changed my phone to a smartphone, and it made me discover the wonderful world of podcasts. I must have lived under a rock because I really wasn’t familiar with these. Basically, a podcast is a self-produced radio show. Individuals can create them and share them online. Official radio stations also shareContinue reading “A Time and a Plate, my favourite podcast”
Watercolours and Calligraphy, an ode to discovering new passions
In the last few months, I really tried to simplify my life in ways that would help me tend to people and things that matter to me, while still finding a balance between my work life and my home life. The last few years were really intense, and I found myself being unhappy and withoutContinue reading “Watercolours and Calligraphy, an ode to discovering new passions”
Preserving Garlic
A few days ago, we raided out our vegetable patch that we had in Montreal and came home with a ton of garlic. Now, because we have been so busy during the summer, we actually let our garlic in the soil for too long, meaning that it did not have those protective paper-like layers aroundContinue reading “Preserving Garlic”
Big Magic, a book review
A long time ago, I bought Eat, Pray, Love for my mom as a birthday present. That was a complete fail because she hated it. She thought the narrator was patronizing and silly. Oh well, that book ended up on my bookshelf, and I enjoyed it. We recently watched the movie, and it was goodContinue reading “Big Magic, a book review”
Urban Agriculture Summer School
Last week, I had the chance to participate to ‘L’école d’été d’agriculture urbaine‘ that is organized every year by the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), the most rebellious of Montreal’s universities. If you are interested in gardening, changing the world, growing your own mushrooms, or taking care of bees, this week is perfect forContinue reading “Urban Agriculture Summer School”
3 inspiring cookbooks
It’s the end of the year, and I have been swamped with corrections, grades and cleaning up. So, I haven’t been in the kitchen seriously for a little while. Instead, I have been looking at my cookbooks, and well, found a few new exciting books. I love looking at these three amazing books because theyContinue reading “3 inspiring cookbooks”
2 books to make you feel good!
I’m not big on self-help books, but this week-end I found a new one that is really funny, and rediscovered an old time favourite. These books are the perfect books if you are looking for quick reads as they books that you can pick up, read a few pages, leave and come back to aContinue reading “2 books to make you feel good!”
Summer is coming!
With the warm weather coming back, I have but one thing on my mind: TRAVEL! Every time I hop in the car or on the bus, I feel like shouting, “To infinity and beyond!” However, as we don’t have any trips planned for this summer, I’m starting to think that exploring our province would beContinue reading “Summer is coming!”
My Lighthearted Kitchen 