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Category Archives: Lifestyle
Grandma Fengstad’s Prism Lamps
Latent memories work in strange ways and sometimes I find myself nostalgic for no apparent reason. Other times I can sniff out the breadcrumbs that took me here. Today is one such occasion. I read a fascinating article by John … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Grief, Joy, Learning, Lifestyle, Travel
Tagged antique, antiques, bible school, Crooked River, crystal, death, double rainbow, Evangelical Lutheran, family, funeral, grandpa, light, love, magic, memory, mystery, Okanagan, Ottawa, prism, prisms, rainbow, refraction, Reverend Fengstad, Saskatchewan, summer, vacation, youth
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Birthday belle to wedding bells
For Mark and me, our day was already yin and yang, as we headed from the Celebration of Life for our friend Ed Festel held at the Penticton Flying Club to join in the 50th birthday festivities for Leanne Pawluk. … Continue reading
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Tagged 50th birthday, BC wine, culinary, friends, Naramata, Naramatalove, orchards, Sunset Magazine, wedding, wineries
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Et tu Ed, taking flight
We said goodbye to our dear neighbor and friend Claire Festel on June 9, 2014 when she died from the complications of her multiple myeloma. See my post “Autumn’s Claire-ity“. Only a couple of years later on August 25, 2016, … Continue reading
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One Big Long Table by Poppadoms Now in Pop-Up style
When the Dosanj family of Poppadoms: Taste India (Kelowna) announced that they had sold the business and were moving on, I was heartbroken at first. After all, how many restaurants do you know bring an honest farm-to-table approach to Indian cooking? … Continue reading
Posted in Beer, Beverages, Culinary supplies, Drinks, Food, Lifestyle, Restaurants
Tagged BC wine, Cannery Brewing, cook, cooking classes, craft beer, food, food suppliers, Kelowna, Kettle Valley Plates, learning, Lifestyle, long table dinner, Okanagan, Okanagan Burger Tour, Okanagan Chefs Association, Okanagan Grocery, Penticton, Poppadoms, restaurants
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From my Soapbox on a Pet Peeve: Fallacious Arguments
When a group attempts to railroad in an initiative instead of building consensus about the idea, it drives me crazy when members of that group resort to fallacious arguments. I try to be a good listener and prefer not to … Continue reading
Posted in Lifestyle
Tagged change, City Council, fallacious argument, inspirational, leadership, Lifestyle, Naramata Bench, Okanagan, Penticton, seniors, soapbox, Summerland, Warren Bennis
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Roz's small fry Blog 