Verses from my Kitchen

It always happens so fast, almost unexpectedly as if catching us by surprise. We’re fooled into a lull and made to believe the kind of Christmas we celebrated growing up just stopped happening. Those white days that blanketed the ground for as far as the eye could see slowly stopped happening. In a land and [...]

Everybody has a go-to drink for the holidays. For my father growing up it was always vodka and orange juice. It never made sense to me because it lacked any Christmas-specific ingredients. But there he was on the 24th sipping on screwdrivers and listening to Elvis sing Christmas tunes. My mom either had eggnog, spiked [...]

There is a stillness of life in the middle of the night that can be heard for miles and the ensuing silence is frightening. As we lay awake and watch the stars shine bright and dance across the coal-coloured sky, the slightest noise catches our attention. The thirty foot oak trees out back sway as [...]

Autumn has played through the calendar for some time, nestling into the meat of the season comfortably now. And although winter’s entrance isn’t trumpeted for a couple of months, the weather outside is in the midst of a transformation. Both the temperature and seasonal characteristics alter day by day, in both frequency and ferocity. The [...]