Category Archives: adventures

Grilling in October

We’ve been blessed with many perfect days this October, but that doesn’t mean that we don’t need to seize the opportunities we have to make the most of each one. I came home with some nice steaks in our grocery pickup today, so we decided to get them right out on the grill. As usual […]

The Broken Switch

We have been having trouble with our refrigerator for months, then suddenly the microwave seems to have caught the bug, too. When the door is open, the turntable now turns when it should be still. Closing the door, happily, causes it to stop. Some searching on YouTube gave the general diagnosis… one of the switches […]

Cape Breton Island

In 2013, we rented a small apartment on Cape Breton Island circled the island to see how people lived way out in the Atlantic.  We kayaked, saw puffins (though we were there late in the season) and eagles.  We went out and listened to local music, and had a fisherman take us out off the […]