If there’s one word to describe making frigid outdoor living tolerable — or even pleasant — I would say it’s quinzhees. What’s a quinzhee? A quinzhee is a snow shelter made from a large pile of snow, which Athabaskan natives are credited with developing. While Wikipedia said ...

With only a few days into daylight saving time, I feel like we are sitting down to dinner for our own “early bird special.” It’s still light outside when we start figuring out our evening meal. I feel like just making a few sandwiches instead of a meal and calling it a second lunch. ...

When driving, we often want to communicate with another driver, not just to talk, but to tell them what we think he/she did wrong. Or maybe we want to advise them how to make driving less stressful. It’s a good thing we can’t talk to other drivers. It might result in an argument and could ...

During Lent, many families prepare modest meals. Soups, eggs, fish, beans, lentils and vegetables take center stage. Simplicity rules. Lent is a season in the Christian church that begins with Ash Wednesday and ends with Easter Sunday. It lasts for forty days, commemorating the time Jesus ...

This time each year something happens here with the grinding regularity of stores starting to play X-mas music the day after Halloween. And like the stores and their premature musical Ho Ho Ho, our version annoys me to no end as well. So what is it? It’s people here wingeing about — ...