In the spirit of coziness, I offer you this simple recipe. Originally meant as a dessert, I see it as a perfectly legit breakfast...

The gifts of the land can feel remote and gratitude for them requires a conscious effort, a little prompting...

Winter probably gets the least love of all the seasons. In the fall, people utter ominous grumblings that it's "on its way", continue to...

Do you have a favourite wild food? I think mine may be stinging nettle. Each spring I scan the landscape for signs...

It's a funny time of year to try to connect to place through food. Our recent record-setting cold spell has cast such a deep, icy...

Sure, I'd like to be visiting family on Vancouver Island where the cherry blossoms are already opening, or dashing outside barefoot to...

In June when I wrote about our new backyard greenhouse, the fresh white paint inside had barely dried and the young plants, still tidy...

The pandemic has invited us to swap travel in search of excitement elsewhere for a renewed inhabitance of our own place in the world...

We've been cooking up a new little project for our urban plot at Hereabouts - a wee space for soaking up the sun and growing more food.

Back at our campsite, we proudly laid our haul out on the picnic table. We washed and strung morels like beads on necklaces to dry.

We're at the tail end of winter and the pantry's almost bare. Well, likely not bare at all given our access to the modern supermarket,...

Earth is leaning away from our star as though playing a bit coy, backing off as though it just needs a little space before it can draw...

Summer has come and gone in Alberta and as you may have heard (or experienced yourself!) we actually endured several weeks of winter...

"By this action, what am I saying 'yes' to?" -Charles Eisenstein, The Yoga of Eating Deep into last winter I had my doubts we'd ever feel...

Those of you in milder climes may find it hard to believe, but here in our Cochrane yard, approaching the end of April, just about the...

Well, we've done it! We've seen ourselves through another winter. Sure, it's not fully behind us yet, but the darkest and the coldest of...

Christmas is fast approaching and I think we can all agree that the experience goes beyond one of pure peace, love, and joy. There's...

With summer well and truly behind us and fall swiftly morphing into winter, it's a good time to don a thick sweater and take stock of...

Year of the Rooster? Year of Trump? How about Year of the Flower? Here in southern Alberta, 2017 has seen the greatest showcase of floral...