Self-tutoring with a snapshot of life right now: the tutor relates. I went grocery shopping a while back. You can read my post about it here. Around noon today, I returned to the grocery store. Only able-bodied people were about.…
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Baking: leaven, leavener, or leavening?
Self-tutoring about baking terms: the tutor focuses on three that may all point to one meaning. I hear about baking soda or baking powder being leavening agents, or “leaveners”. My wife calls them that, as do numerous online resources. The…
Baking: brownies: eggs
Self-tutoring about baking: the tutor mentions a lesson he learned. Sometimes I make brownies from scratch, sometimes from a box mix. Last night it was box – yes, Betty Crocker. I noticed, in small print, a suggestion: to make the…
Lifestyle: what do white roses mean?
Self-tutoring about roses and their relation to holidays: the tutor mentions white roses. I bought three roses for my wife for Valentine’s Day. The red and yellow were planned; the white was impulse. Red means love, yellow, friendship…what about white?…
Lifestyle: YouTube channels: That Chapter
Self-tutoring about true crime and mystery channels on YouTube: the tutor relates…. I believe I discovered Mike’s YouTube channel That Chapter a little over a year ago. That Chapter covers unsolved crime and disappearance. Its subscription has exploded since I’ve…
Lifestyle: How much might a corkscrew cost?
Self-tutoring about life on the road: the tutor observes…. Living in a hotel, you might not realize what you don’t have because you’re away from home. Last night, I bought a bottle of wine. I didn’t have the presence of…
Holidays: Christmas 2019, Nanaimo
Self-tutoring about the recent Christmas season: does it endure? We’ve all heard of the Twelve Days of Christmas, which run Dec 25 through Jan 5. Yet, can Christmas endure even past then? Last night, January 5th, I walked some blocks…
Lifestyle: New Year’s resolutions
Self-tutoring about one of my favourite topics: the tutor begins about New Year’s 2020. As a kid I heard adults mentions New Year’s resolutions – that was in the Maritimes. Here on the West Coast, I seldom hear about them.…
Fat loss: targeted?
Self-tutoring about health: the tutor wonders if selective fat loss is possible. Apparently, targeted fat loss is a naive notion. My son has been telling me so for months, and he reads about fitness constantly. Last night, in playful provocation,…
Holidays: Christmas Eve, 2019
Self-tutoring about holidays: the tutor sends his greetings… Happy holidays, everyone. On Christmas Eve, I want to share some history. My mother’s parents ended up in a little town in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia. For retail, the town might…
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