A blog full of memories
My mum and I are upstairs. I’m working on my websites, Mum is writing out Christmas cards. My dad walks upstairs: “Dorothy, if I wanted to look this thing up on the internet, how do I do that?” I am in my bedroom, but my ears perk up. I wonder if he wants to research …
Happy birthday to my blog. With this post, I have 365 published blog posts on YukonJen since 2005. I’m not sure what that says about me as a blogger (one blog-year equals four person-years maybe?). But I am extremely pleased as a writer. I’ve always wanted to be a writer. Throughout my life, I’ve always …
A few days ago, I asked for your favourite Christmas songs and now I have a few submissions from my social feeds. Here are the first three: You can’t go wrong with a Newfie carol. This one is submitted by Kara in Faro. I love the Great Big Sea. My friend Peter James sends this …
I remember when I first heard this song. I was making dinner. I don’t know who I was making it for or what I was making. But I heard this song on the radio and it stopped me in my tracks. I turned up the volume and looked out the window over the sink. This …
Just a note to explain because a few people commented. It’s December again. I usually give my blog a make over in December. This year, I’m going to try a few new things (new features, new functions) so I’m reverting back to a simple theme with lots of whitespace for awhile as I try things …
It’s that time of year again Charlie Brown. I mean, “Can somebody tell me what Christmas is all about?” Well, I know what it is not about. It is certainly not about listening to the same old, same old music. The stuff you hear everywhere? On the radio? In the mall? At your company’s Christmas party? This …
No, not culottes…but short pants. I was hemming a pair of jeans today. I had two pair from earlier this year that were too long and this is the first time I have taken to hem them. They weren’t just a bit too long, they were more than five inches too long. I haven’t hemmed …
I made ratatouille last night. I’d been thinking about making it for over a month. But yesterday, I found a recipe in one of my Mum’s Prevention magazines. It looked quite easy. So I made it. Here are the ingredients: 3 tbsp olive oil 1 med yellow onion, peeled and chopped 3 cloves garlic, minced …
Because, when I’m talking to my oldest sister on the phone and we’re starting to look for Christmas presents for my parents and I open the browser window to start a search for an exercise bicycle and it defaults to cbc.ca as the home page and as I’m talking to my sister I scan the …