Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Miscellaneous Musing

  • Summer Heat

    Once again, it’s hot and humid in southern Ontario. Ugh. This is really the only kind of weather that I don’t much like. I’d rather (shhh) that  it was cold outside than hot and sticky. You might think that’s because Ye Olde House doesn’t have air conditioning. It doesn’t, but it doesn’t because I’d rather…

  • Chimneys

    As some of you know, Mr. Math and I live in an old house. It has charm and character, and it is an ongoing project. It is also a source of unexpected adventure. We’re having one of those adventures today. Our house is Victorian, so was built when people used coal to heat their homes.…

  • Pasta of the Day

    Once upon a time, I read an interview with the chef, Jamie Oliver. It was around the time that he was trying to get schools to sell healthy food in their cafeterias, and he was quite negative about fast food. The interviewer was skeptical and insisted that JO must eat fast food once in a…

  • The Green Herd Grows

    Some of you may have noticed that I have an affection for vintage sewing machines, and that I particularly like the green machines. Just to recap the rest of the Green Herd, here’s the Arrow and here are the Singer 185, the Elna Supermatic (actually there are two Elna Supermatics, but only one is green)…

  • Goodreads and Books

    Well, I finally have moseyed over to Goodreads and started to poke around. I had signed up last year (you can find me right here) to host some contests, selected a bunch of my books and not really had time to go through things. This past weekend, I had the brilliant idea that I’d add…