Not Your Grandma’s Potato Salad

I’m craving a juicy beef burger! Correction. A juicy beef burger with fries. You gotta love those “comes out of nowhere food cravings.” I mean really, I never crave a burger. Never. But you know how cravings go? They rarely go away unless you give in. At least a little. I guess I could have…

There are some flavors that make you feel like it’s spring, no matter what the temperature is outside. Take dill for example. There’s nothing “winter” about dill. No matter how you shake a stick (or magic wand) at it. Mint is the same. So while the snow was falling and the temperature dropped to below…

Something big happened to me yesterday. Really big. Wait for it. I got to go into town. Yup. The equivalent of a lookout obverser winning the lottery (ok, not quite, but pretty darn special). Only being 11 days in…this makes it even more rare. I took full advantage of stocking up on odds and ends…

I’m hoping last night was one of the last snow “storms”, but it is Northern Alberta so I won’t be holding my breath. Last time I was out here it snowed 16 inches on the May long weekend…So, like a said…not keeping my hopes up. But you know what? Snow isn’t all that bad. There’s…

So… I’ve arrived. Day three of being at the tower. Good thing they brought in a snow plow to clear the paths to the outhouse, storage sheds and cabin. It would have been days of shoveling. Day 1 of the fire season and I’m starting with a base of 36 cm of snow! And guess…

  Even though it’s still snowing as I write this, I still feel like spring is in the air. Probably because the sun is finally starting to rise before I do and set at a reasonable hour (not 5 pm). At least for me, with spring comes the unquenchable need for veggies. More Veggies! I…

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Raw honey? What the heck is raw honey? With the word “raw” floating out there in the blogosphere, you might be wondering what everyone is talking about. Raw milk. Raw cacao. Raw honey. What does it all mean. I know I was not thinking in those terms 5 years ago. I would have heard that…