Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Miscellaneous Musing

  • Where Did They Go?

    There was an article in the paper the other day about Dame Barbara Cartland, who passed away a few years ago. It was about the republication of her etiquette guide, although she’s better known for her romance novels. I’ve never actually read one of her books – most of which were Regency romances – but…

  • Cookbooks I Like

    We have an abundance of cookbooks, but there’s always room for a few more. Last week, I found a couple of neat ones. I was at Winners, which is possibly my favourite store. For those of you south of the border, Winners is owned by T.J.Maxx so maybe they’re similar. (?) What Winners sells is…

  • Eating the Halloween Candy

    Are you doing it? Did you have to buy more? Or were you good, keeping the treats for the goblins due at the door? Happy Halloween!

  • A.W.O.L.

    Maybe you noticed that I haven’t been around this week. I had some sad news on the weekend and it pushed me off track a bit. A former neighbour of ours passed away during the summer and we just found out when another neighbour invited us to a memorial service. I usually talked to Beryl…

  • Do You Vote?

    We had a federal election yesterday in Canada, and I dutifully trudged over to my local polling station to cast my vote. The only mercy in Canada is that we don’t have to listen to the candidates for very long – this election was called at the beginning of September and we voted October 14.…