Author: HoneyBears SydneyBeans

December Calendar and Tortellini Chili

Christmas now surrounds us, happiness is everywhere. Our hands are busy with many tasks as carols fill the air. Shirley Sallay Growing up, we made Christmas memories. Legit Christmas memories. We’re talking core memories. Christmas core memories. Mom and Dad made everything so special for us. There were Christmas oranges,

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My Autumn Playlist & Fabulous Fall Cocktails

Eat, sleep and drink music.   Arturo Sandoval Fall music is my favourite. It is haunting and sad. It evokes memories, represents endings, and whispers regrets and could have beens. Wow. When I put it like that, fall music sounds awful! But it isn’t! I love putting in my earbuds

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October: A Week Long Meal Plan on a Budget

  Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.     Abraham Lincoln     Planning meals took a long time to master but it has changed my life. I never have that question, what should I make for dinner?

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Truth & Reconciliation & Moo Goo Gai Pan

  We owe the Aboriginal peoples a debt that is four centuries old. It is their turn to become full partners in developing an even greater Canada. And the reconciliation required may be less a matter of legal texts than of attitudes of the heart.   Romeo LeBlanc   You

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A Weekend in Spokane & Bang Bang Salmon

When you go on a road trip, the trip itself becomes part of the story. Steve Rushin The last time we took a holiday outside of British Columbia was February 29, 2020. Two days before our house was finished and we were able to move in and two weeks before

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Crap Gap & 5 Ways to Use a BIG Zucchini

I’m no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I’m changing the things I cannot accept. Angela Davis Halfway through September! I’m throwing a high 5 out to each and everyone of you, because as I was reminded of lately, September is no joke. It’s no joke for people without

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Autumn Reads and Late Summer Beef Casserole

For as long as she could remember, she had thought that autumn air went well with books, that the two both somehow belonged with blankets, comfortable armchairs, and big cups of coffee or tea. Katarina Bivald Fall to me is all about, reading. Growing up I read on the bus,

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Back to School Guide & Tomato Burrata Pasta

As a kid, I would always shop for my back-to-school clothes at department stores. I lived in a small town, and department stores were all we had access to. Britt Robertson Does anybody else feel like summer’s end snuck up quickly and pounced all over us? Last week it was

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