Winter is upon us and that means our local bonspiel season is upon us.  There are five curling clubs on our small island!  That’s a lot of curling for a small population. Our first ladies’ bonspiel weekend was this past weekend and although there weren’t any prizes for us thisContinue Reading

One month until Christmas.  Where has the time gone?  We’ve been in our new home for seven months now.  Hard to believe.  And, soon it will be Christmas.  I started looking through the bins of Christmas decorations this week and although I got rid of many of them before weContinue Reading

The Christmas market season is underway.  We had our first last weekend in the most beautiful weather.  It wasn’t weather for really getting folks in the Christmas shopping spirit, but it was great for us being outside with the mobile shop. The Julekuler Christmas balls were a hit.  They soldContinue Reading

Feels like winter is coming.  We’ve had below 0 Celsius temperatures and the ground was covered in a heavy frost this morning.  We haven’t had our heat on until these past few days.  With such a small and well insulated house, the sun and using the stove for meals have beenContinue Reading

We’re well into September and hoping that our fall holds calmness and quiet and time and joy.  Our summer was maybe not so much like that. Just thinking of the last few months leaves me stunned! We moved to a new house at the end of April.  Todd’s mother died the sameContinue Reading