Notes From My Easel

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Archive for November, 2008

In support of small businesses at Christmas

Posted: Sunday, November 30th, 2008 @ 7:40 pm in My City, Thoughts | No Comments »

Tomorrow’s the first of December.  The temperature is hovering a little above freezing with the precipitation alternating between light drizzle and wet snow.  And so it is that today should be the day that I decided to decorate the planters and put up some Christmas lights outside of my building.  Nothing like doing electrical work [...]

Just the best darned Banana Bread that you’ve ever tasted!

Posted: Saturday, November 29th, 2008 @ 8:11 pm in Recipes | No Comments »

It’s a little less than a month before Christmas and I’ve been doing some baking.  This is the easiest banana bread to make and always turns out perfect.
This recipe originally came from someone at the Dundas Valley School of Art.  I have added walnuts and chocolate and substituted all of the ingredients for their organic [...]

Lost your job yet – keep buying foreign

Posted: Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 @ 8:58 pm in Thoughts | No Comments »

I went to Limeridge Mall last evening to make a delivery and do a bit of pre-Christmas shopping.  When I pulled into a parking spot I noticed the bumper sticker on the vehicle in front of me.  It read:  ‘LOST YOUR JOB YET – KEEP BUYING FOREIGN’.  To me this pretty well summed up our [...]