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My version of no-dairy gingerbread men. Its based on a recipe from an old Good Housekeeping cookbook

Since there are some that don't eat dairy, I wanted to give these a try with coconut oil. I think lard or shortening would work best, but we always have coconut oil in the cupboard.

The recipe is basically the same as the OG Ginger Molasses Cookies but with the …

While I still use LaTeX and Sphinx for my report writing I still needed a replacement for Adobe InDesign. Scribus fits the bill perfectly.

This is a recipe that Jess first made, well it is a recipe that she used as the basis of it. These Lemon Blondies are awesome. I really enjoy them chilled right out of the fridge.

These are my favourite cookies. Better than the best chocolate chip that I have made, easy.

I have an older Canon Powershot SX260HS (my archive link) that I think is the pinnacle of handy point-and- shoot cameras. It has GPS, enough pixels, a decent zoom range and can fit in a jacket pocket with ease.

However, my camera has been through things. I took it to …

A couple of weeks ago we went for a wander in the woods, and I was skimming through the pictures today and noticed something that I didn't see before, a slug under the moss. I didn't notice it when I was taking the picture, I just thought that the little …

We took a very short trip to Cape Breton to celebrate my grandmother's 90th birthday, on the day. It was a small outdoor barbeque and cake since I definitely don't want to be the one to give her covid and die. My parents took her to my cousins for a …

We stayed close to home again this weekend, but still got out for a quick adventure.

Saturday we went to the Halifax Commons Pool, the best piece of public infrastructure added in a long time, and spent a little more than an hour in the water.

Sunday I wanted to …

The weather this weekend was not amazing, the Debby leftovers left the day wet and gusty so we stuck close to home. Nothing interesting, a couple loads of laundry and tidying up to get ready to get back to work tomorrow.

As I have been updating or down-dating, the theme …