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Winter 2010

Volume 17 Number 4

Making Friends with Winter

It’s true that winter and I were once friends, a long time ago. But then, somehow, we drifted apart…

Nov 20, 2010

Was Christmas ever ‘Old-Fashioned’?

Christmas was once a simple season of carolling and school concerts, of neighbourly greetings and family visits, of tinkling bells and sleigh rides in gently falling snow, all blessedly free of commercial pressure. Well, maybe.

Nov 20, 2010

The Rudiments of roots

Root vegetables – so called because the edible portion of the plant is the underground root – are harvested in late fall and cellared with the dirt still clinging to their flesh.

Nov 20, 2010

Yummy Pies!

Goodness Me! What Yummy Pies You Make! Five cups of fruit go into each nine-inch, deep-dish pie.

Nov 20, 2010

A Puzzling Conclusion: Winter 2010

Indoor/Outdoor Learning at Local Schools; What Day Is It? Measuring from A to M; Brooke’s Scary Ride.

Nov 20, 2010