“Old Fashioned” Candy and Seeds

Victory sells nostalgic candy that you don’t find very often in stores anymore; things like Bottle Caps, Sanded Candies, and Fizzies. They even have directions to make your own old fashioned chewing gum wrapper chain…remember those?
The sister site, Victory Heirloom Seed Company offers untreated, open-pollinated and heirloom seeds. “No chemicals, [...]

A Musical Interlude…

One of our favourite quotations finishes the Nickelback video — that used to be in this post — which is chock full of film clips and trivia about several of our heroes:
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
~Margaret [...]

Stash Tea’s “Double Spice Chai Black Tea”

Yum! A combination of black tea and spices, with double the amount of cloves, cinnamon and whole cardamom as their regular chai tea. Available as loose tea, and as tea bags. It’s almost as good as the masala tea from my favourite Indian restaurant!

The ingredient list:
Blended black tea, ginger root, cinnamon, cinnamon [...]

Movie Review Sites (pre-screeing for kids)

Over the years, two sites, Screen it! and Kids In Mind, have been very helpful to me in previewing movies — without actually having to watch them myself — when deciding whether or not I think that I want my children to watch them.
The Screen It! site is a little difficult to find one’s [...]

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Putumayo World Music

Putumayo World Music has fantastic CDs featuring musicians from all over the planet. The CDs are available online, and at specialty stores. This link will take you to the radio program Putumayo World Music Hour.

Bhusu and other delicious stuff

60 year old Surati Sweet Mart (Surati International Food) makes the most addictive, delicious Oriental/Indian snack food I’ve eaten. I crave it.

My favourite is Bhusu, which is a spicy, crunchy mix of chickpea twigs, crispy rice, nuts, raisins, and other bits and shapes. You’ll even find the odd hot pepper. They [...]

Illiteracy of the Media…

Listening to CBC Radio’s “The Current” this morning, I learned of these two websites: PR Watch and Source Watch. New York Times writer Andrew Revkin, author of “The North Pole Was Here”, was underlining the fact that the media is scientifically illiterate, and often generally illiterate about other things that they report [...]

David Blackwood, painter and printmaker

The work of this Canadian artist and recipient of the Order of Canada gives me goosebumps; his website is a treasure!