My all-time favourite ice cream cone flavour is strawberry.  If I go for an ice cream cone, I will always order strawberry.  Has been this way as long as I can remember.  Today, I made my first-ever batch of strawberry ice cream.   A pound of fresh, ripe strawberries, sugar, vodka, sour cream, whipping cream, … Continue reading My Favourite Ice Cream

Perfectly poached eggs on buttery toast is a blessing. a snoring puppy is a blessing time with my girls and my wife is a blessing a nap can be a blessing    

I am thankful that airlines other than Air Canada exist, and that I have a moment to encourage anyone who reads this to consider any and every other airline. I am thankful for my other ice cream cookbook - Ben and Jerry's.   Today it was chocolate malt ice cream with KitKats and other chopped … Continue reading Saturday

I am thankful for The Perfect Scoop ice cream cookbook.  Today I made a batch of Date Rum ice cream. I am thankful for time with my girls. I am thankful for another day with my wife, I am thankful for English muffins. I am thankful for my good puppy.    

we have time, and this is cause enough for gratitude. we have each other - all the more so. we have beauty we have wonder we have love

Clambering over waterfalls with your loved ones is a blessing. The concern of your dog as you clamber over waterfalls is a blessing. A fantastic steak sub  at Pain du College Boulangerie in Memramcook is a blessing. How the fog changes the moon is a blessing. Your daughters' smiles are a blessing.  

Today I am thankful for coveralls. And warm days. And corn on the cob - one of my all-time favourite things to eat.  

Breathing. Every now and then it helps to allow yourself to do nothing else but focus on breathing. Give yourself over to it. Listen to your breath. Think of nothing else. mmmmmmmmmmm........