December 29, 2013 2013: A Year In Review The new year is just a couple of days away, which is cause for mulling over the year that has just passed, and evaluating…
December 21, 2013 A Long December With Mike in school (he finally finished yesterday, thankfully) for all of November and most of December, things have been a bit crazy at…
November 17, 2013 Summer Vacation In Ontario The heavy snowfall we’ve had recently has me longing for the lazy days of summer. I was browsing photos from the warmer months, and…
November 5, 2013 The Primal Life: Roasted Kabocha Squash (Japanese Pumpkin) While perusing the grocery store recently, I came across a bin of mixed squash. The usual suspects: butternut, acorn, and spaghetti were present, but…
November 3, 2013 Mike Harvests His First Deer: What To Do With All This Meat? After our deer was gutted, skinned, and allowed to relax overnight in a bath of salted ice water, it was time to do something…
November 1, 2013 Mike Harvests His First Deer: Whitetail Hunting In The Alberta Foothills ** NOTE ** This post contains graphic photos of a deer being gutted, skinned, and processed. It all started with a Remington .308 and some…
October 19, 2013 Pickling Turnips And Carrots From The Garden After all the success we enjoyed with our first, small foray into the world of gardening and the concept of urban homesteading, we had…
September 20, 2013 A Weekend In Radium Hot Springs With My Grandma My Grandmother was fond of taking us on trips when we were young. We (meaning my siblings, cousins, and myself) spent a great deal…
September 13, 2013 Bringing In The Garden Harvest I spent a great deal of time late last week harvesting, washing, and finding homes for the considerable volume of vegetables we grew over…
September 10, 2013 The Summer That We Didn’t Go Backpacking It all began on June 6th, when I wandered over to my house on my lunch break, as per usual, only to find that…
