Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Miscellaneous Musing

  • Happy Thanksgiving

    Today is Thanksgiving Day in Canada—we celebrate a little earlier than our neighbours to the south, where it’s Columbus Day. It seems to me that Americans are very firm about which day they should celebrate Thanksgiving (i.e. on the Thursday that is Thanksgiving Day) while most Canadians I know are pretty flexible about the date.…

  • Food in Jars

    It’s that time of year again, and I’ve been canning. First up were the Roma tomatoes. They had half-bushel boxes on sale, so I bought three then Mr. Math went back for a fourth—because he remembered that we’d almost run out of dried tomatoes. He uses them a lot when he makes soup or stews…

  • A Full Deck

    Do you read tarot cards? I do, although I used to read them more often than I do now. A tarot card deck has 78 cards: the 56 cards called the minor arcana, plus 22 trump cards called the major arcana. The minor arcana are similar to the decks of 52 playing cards that we…

  • Happy 2017!

    Happy New Year to you! I hope you had a wonderful holiday break and are entering the new year with lots of good energy. We’ve had some sunshine here, which is just about the best option in a snowy January. Do you make resolutions for the new year? I was interviewed about this a few…

  • Merry Christmas!

    It’s that time again. Things will be quiet here on the blog through the New Year, as I step away from the internet to spend some time with friends and loved ones. I hope you have a merry Christmas, with friends, family, good food and good company – and maybe a good book or two.…