What do you do when your home is dark? When the rain comes and the wind gushes, and you reach for the light switch out of habit, but there’s no response? You can’t turn on the stove, the television, the radio. In Newfoundland hurricane-induced power outages came in winter when … [Read more...] about What the Body Remembers and the Mind Forgets
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Preserving Life: Stories through canning
I got in a fight with a canning pot while making strawberry-rhubarb jam. The canning pot won, as shown by the giant burn on my right hand. The perfect balance of sweet and sour was what I was looking for - maple syrup, honey, brown sugar and a little lemon. It was all about the … [Read more...] about Preserving Life: Stories through canning
The Art of Making Dumplings
Five years ago during my undergraduate music degree I sat at a dining room table with my teacher wrapping dumplings. He explained how to wet half of the edges of the dumpling wrapper just enough so that the opposite side could be lifted up over the filling and pressed against the … [Read more...] about The Art of Making Dumplings