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Christmas

My nephew texted me at 3:22 PM last Wednesday asking if he could bring his new girlfriend over…

Birthday

Last month at Tim Hortons, I ordered an apple fritter, but it was flat, dry, and honestly kind…

Birthday

It was 7:12 a.m. last Saturday when I realized the dog had licked the corner of my grocery…

Birthday

Last Thursday at 7:58 p.m., Dad nearly set the smoke alarm off while “testing” a skillet for oil…

Birthday

So, it was 8:47 p.m. last Thursday. Leafs were tied going into OT, kettle was screeching like it…

Birthday

I still remember the time I tried sneaking a slice of Lemon Brownies with White Chocolate at 7…

Occasions

My grandmother used to sneak me into her kitchen when I was eight—sneaking bits of raw meat mixture…

Easter

There was this one night—after a snowstorm dumped so much snow on our street that the plow gave…

Birthday

I’ll never forget the day I accidentally set off the smoke alarm making this Crème Brûlée Caramel Pecan…

Easter

Let me set the scene. Rain pounding the windows. My son’s hockey gear drying in the hallway (that…

Birthday

The first time I made marble cake, I was ten. Maybe eleven. I was supposed to be helping…

Birthday

It was late November in Halifax, the kind of day when the air smells faintly of woodsmoke and…