From the archives: An ode to Gisela Roemer
Gisela Roemer lived freely in the northern Ontario wilderness for many years.
Month January 2024
From the archives: Uncle Dave’s Chili
Uncle Dave’s Chili While trying to recreate a blog, I searched out old sites. They are STILL there! So I’ve been spending time re-reading some of my old posts. Some are silly. Some are things I might never say or…
Mexico: Keep Calm and Carry On
Mexico: Keep Calm and Carry On By 2019, it was time to venture out of Vallarta a little bit to a small Mexican town where we knew some people from back home were wintering. So we went for a visit.…
Mexico: You, Me and Mexico
Mexico: You, Me and Mexico In 2018, we hooked up with a food tour company and decided it was time to get more familiar with street food. Again, with our cousins in tow, off we went for an evening of…
Mexico: A Taste of Puerto Vallarta
Mexico: A Taste of Puerto Vallarta It was our sixth time in PV when we decided we really needed to learn more about the food. I’d discovered a cooking class online and we decided to take it. All four of…
Mexico: Mastering Mexico Time
Mastering Mexico Time I love writing articles about our travels. In another life, perhaps I could have been a travel writer. (Or am I now?) In 2016, our trip was about not being tourists. We wanted to learn about Mexican…
Mexico: My Beautiful Vallarta
Mexico: My Beautiful Vallarta I wrote an article in 2013 about Puerto Vallarta but didn’t keep a pdf of the actual article. I can’t find a link on the Sault Star website either. Luckily, I have my original document. Here’s…
Mexico: Keep Calm and Carry On
Mexico: Keep Calm and Carry On Have you ever been to Playa del Carmen? We first went to Mexico in 2009. That time it was Puerto Vallarta. It wasn’t so much for a vacation as to see how our daughter…
My Top 5 Books from 2023
My Top 5 Books from 2023 Every year I set a goal for how many books I want to read. You can do this on Goodreads where you can also post reviews, track books you want to read, see what…
How it all began
How it all began When I was six, I didn’t know I would grow up to be a writer. In fact, I thought it was exciting that I was going to be able to read now that I was six…