Sporting women
I love to read. My favourite time of day is early morning with the newspaper, LOML and a cup of coffee. It doesn’t make any difference where I am, morning isn’t morning without the essentials. And, while I don’t usually spend a lot of quality time in the Business or Sports sections of any newspaper, […]
No sweep
They have put away their brooms in Vancouver.Those on Canada’s West Coast who thought their Canucks would cruise to a sweep of the Bruins got a rude awakening Monday night.After a scoreless first period, the Bostonians stormed out of the gate, and hammered the Canucks. The final score was 8-1. The first two games in […]
California dreamin’
The history of the grape vine in California supersedes the arrival of the European settlers. The indigenous people were hunter-gatherers and as such would harvest the native grapes when in season. When the Spanish settled in the Americas, they ventured north along the Pacific coast establishing settlements and missions. The missions planted orchards, grain crops […]
My weekend
So this morning a friend asked me how my weekend went. She was asking about my Ride for Heart in Toronto. What could I say but, “it was a weekend I won’t soon forget.” It was awesome. The weather was terrific.With a lot of help from our friends and family we raised scads of money […]
2006 Top 35 under 35 – Horst Shnicktauber
Once again, an enterprising Canadian has shown that you don’t need to have a deal with a major record label to make a commercial success of your music. Horst Shnicktauber, of Fenelon Falls, Ontario, will sometime this month sell his millionth recording as he releases his first retrospective collection. And the remarkable thing is—he’s only […]
Roller coaster ride
The 2011 baseball season is well underway.The Jays have played 54 games and are currently hovering around the .500 mark.They have won 28 games, and have lost 26 games. They are a couple of games behind the Yankees and the Red Sox. What else is new? That has been the case for many years.The parts […]
Adaptation
In the late 18th century, following North American colonization, the lack of success of the initial plantings of European vines did not spell the end of viniculture in the new world. John Adlum, surveyor and viticulturalist, enjoyed great success with a varietal, which is a cross between vitus lambrusca and possibly a vitus vinifera. The […]
Flab, sweat and tears
Promises. Resolutions. Both meant to be ignored or broken. I know this topic very well. In November of 2010 I decided to act on one of my New Year’s Resolutions. A resolution I’d made many times since the birth of my youngest daughter just over 24 years ago. My theory then was, it took me […]
Bringing it home
This year’s version of the Memorial Cup is winding down in Mississauga. Last night, Jonathan Huberdeau scored at the 17:35 mark of the first overtime period to propel the Saint John Sea Dogs into the final on Sunday. The victory over the Owen Sound Attack was a heartbreaker, especially for Belleville’s Andrew Shaw. Andrew has […]
New world vines
In the 11th century, the grapevine was brought to North America, where it thrived, as in many other new world continents, and the grapes were harvested by its indigenous people. Norse explorer Leif Erikson was so impressed by the quantity and size of the vines in northern Newfoundland that he promptly named it Vinland (wine-land). […]