Exciting News and a Celebration Scone

by | Oct 27, 2013 | Food, From Ria, Writing

I’ve been itching to say it and now I can…my first novel, Nobody’s Dog, has been shortlisted for two children’s literature awards here in Canada–the Rocky Mountain Book Award and the Silver Birch Award! Huzzah and cue confetti! I find it...

Sweet Little Something

by | Oct 25, 2013 | From Hannah, From Ria, Sweet Little Something

This week’s Sweet Little Something is a little morsel from each of us that we would love your comments on. A photograph, a link, a poem…a tidbit of inspiration. Leave us a note or create a haiku for a photograph if it takes your fancy. Have a wonderful...

Made in Melbourne

by | Oct 19, 2013 | From Hannah, Markets & Food Stores, Travel

When I was 21 I moved to Melbourne, Australia. I had two bags, no job and nowhere to live. It was my big, bold thing. I needed to do something brave at the time, to prove to myself I wasn’t meek or incapable of being independent. I’d finished University,...

The Ferment

by | Oct 13, 2013 | Food, From Ria

I have no trouble admitting I am a big fan of bread. Fresh from the oven, white, seeded, whole grain, whatever. Low carb I am not. I bought Jim Lahey’s fabulous book on his bread a few years ago and then made a pilgrimage to New York City to taste it in his...