Relationships with other humans change and evolve over the years. Most important, I think, is to have a support network of some sort within easy reach, whether it be family or good friends - preferably both!

I am definitely a homebody. So making my surroundings pretty and comfortable has always been a high priority for me.

I love making soup because unlike dinner or lunch it lasts more than one meal and it is endlessly customizable!

Like the majority of the population I definitely like to eat. Some of you have wondered how I can possibly consume breads, sweet treats and bountiful lunches and still maintain a pretty consistent weight.

T.S. Eliot claimed that April was the cruellest month but in my book the month of March, in Toronto at least, is by far the most dastardly.

There’s lots to love about my home town, Toronto. Besides being a relatively safe, clean metropolis, with lots of parks and trees, the city offers many special treats for residents and visitors. Here are some of my favourites:

As a single woman, it’s not always easy to find a compatible travel companion. So this year I decided to take matters into my own hands and book a holiday all by myself.

A tasty way to use leftover chicken for lunch…

No matter how much time I have, my list of books to read never seems to diminish.

Now that I am a seasoned knitter, (haha I still make lots of mistakes), I’m attempting new techniques and slightly more difficult patterns.

As a woman of a certain age, I’m often asked on Tik Tok and Instagram what advice I would give to young people.

Little by little my confidence as a knitter improved. I discovered that I preferred top down construction techniques, smaller gauge yarns and needles and the joys of holding more than one strand of yarn at a time.

Knitting has become a bit of an obsession for me and there seems to be a lot of interest in the results of my little hobby. So stay tuned for a round-up of how I got started, and completed projects, both for myself and my family.

Most every week the family congregates at my place for an early, kid-friendly dinner. Everyone gets along and the young cousins play amid echoes from the adults of “shaaare.” It’s a lot of fun and the food is good too!

We all know that the kitchen is the heart of the home. Mine is especially so because it is actually part of the living/dining room and the first room you see when you come up the stairs from the front entry area.

Since my son who lives in San Francisco had no plans to come to Toronto for Christmas, I decided to pay him and his lovely wife a visit instead.

On a dark November day these Scottish Oat Scones are like an old friend - familiar, comforting, and easy.

Here are some of the things I’m loving about the month of October in Ontario, Canada:

What do you do if you have a bowlful of ripe farmers’ market peaches? For an over-the-top solution to this not so terrible problem I suggest this recipe for Butterscotch Peaches by Celia Barbour at the New York Times Cooking app.