Like Father, Like Daughter?

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I knew the father well, and ate at his table many time enjoying wonderful dishes.  

Harry Loucas’ daughter is carrying on the tradition of fine family food with a cook book. Cyprus Cuisine has been ordered and we will see early in the New Year.  


Locals will remember great food at Harbour House and other restaurants that Harry built over the decades in Victoria hospitality.


Very much looking forward to lunch at the crossroads.  The tiny Island brings together flavours from throughout the Mediterranean.


Hopefully this is another best seller from a great publisher (Whitecap Books)


ISBN:  978-1770503373

Musical Question

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1. obligatory what was your favourite song this year (not most necessarily listened to)

2. what’s a song or artist that you used to listen in the past that you’ve found yourself listening again a lot this year?

3. did you get into any new genres?

4. what’s an album that really Hit you this year

5. which artist, song or album have you most turned to for comfort this year?

6. pick a top three of songs that remind you of each season of this year (you can do 5 seasons if you want to do both winter 2020/21 and 2021/22 aka right now)

7. what song that you discovered this year do you long to sing at a karaoke night?

8. what’s a song that reminds you of a novel you’ve read this year?

9. what was your favourite track from a soundtrack of something you watched this year?

10. has any song become a sort of meme or inside joke with your friends? if so, try to explain the joke 🙂

11. out of songs that came out this year, what was your favourite workout song?

12. what was your most anticipated release of the year?

13. which artist has really surprised you this year? (either by being good or by flopping or by just doing something unexpected)

14. what’s a song you always come back to when the new year approaches?

15. since it’s the season, what’s your favourite song that reminds you of the holidays?

16. what’s your favourite artist you got into this year?

17. what’s a release of this year the hype around which you did not get?

18. did you buy any albums or music related merch? (physical)

19. for musicians, what was your favourite piece that you played this year?

20. what’s your favourite controversial song of the year? (as in one that was recieved with Mixed reactions)

21. what are your top five songs of the year?

23. what are your top five albums of the year?

24. what are your top five artists of the year?

25. what songs best wraps up your year? (doesnt have to be lyrics just go off vibes emotion sound and whatnot)

A great combination

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Bandits Renegades and Ruffians

Renegade (F) brought Bandits (3 Finger Jack) to a Ruffian (me).

So, we stirred the pot (80 year old Cominco tangine) with baby back ribs and Mediterranean spices.  3 was the magic number of hours in the tangine. Smack yo fingers for trying to taste when basting.


Odd shaped bottle (wouldn’t fit in the wine rack so had to get it off the counter). Squat is the shape.  Almost vertically challenged like someone we know.


Bold (just like Jack). Bursts onto the scene (just like F).  


76% Cab, 9% Petite Sirah, 8% Malbec, 6% Merlot, and 1% an unspecified other. (Your ruffian has been called the unspecified “other”)


Its a lot more complex than you initially think.  Most enjoyable. A very well done cab.


Still trying to figure out where those two fingers went.

It’s in the Forecast

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RAIN

The ordinary things in lifedon’t bring us nostalgia

Only the memories that hurt

Or make us smile do 

There are people that remain in our story

in the story of our lifeand others whose the name

we barely care to listen to again  

There are emotions that give lifeto the longing that I bring with me

Emotions that I had by your side

and I lost a little ago 

There are days that leave traces in our souls

and in our livesand the day you left me,

I can not forget 

The rain wet my

cold and tired face

And all the streets in that city,

I had already passed by Ah …

my crying of lost girl

shouted to the city that

the fire of love in the rainjust now died 

The rain listened to my secret

and shared it with the city

And now, rain taps on my windows

bringing the longing back

Life lessons

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For the first time ever my 4 year old let ME choose his bedtime story and after 72 tries I finally picked the right one.


“He’s upset because a girl in his class is telling people they are friends when they’re not.”, me explaining Billie Jean to my daughter.


Y’all make fun of dads for keeping instruction booklets but guess who is about to flawlessly set the clock back one hour on an 18 year old microwave?.


Thinking about the time my kid woke me up at 4 a.m. by jumping on the bed in a cape and yelling, “Come on Mom, let’s go save daylight!”


“I’m doing it anyway” ⁃ A toddler’s memoir


Me: Just because you don’t have school doesn’t mean you can go without pants. 5yo: I’m just gonna wear these invisible pants.


My 5yo might be watching too many dinosaur shows…He keeps calling my vegetarian in-laws herbivores.


*8YO arguing* Me: I‘ll call Santa, right now and tell him… 8YO: Well I’ll call the PTA to volunteer you … Me: You win.


My teen isn’t feeling well and WebMD says imminent death but Google classroom says imminent math test.


My 5 y/o was working on a science question that asked if animals are like plants & make their own food. He said yes, which was wrong, but his explanation was humans are animals & we make cake. Your move, science.

Not built by Aliens

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It’s not science fiction either (for which the author is well known).

this is an excellent study of human ingenuity overcoming challenges before we had modern machinery, no ancient astronauts needed.


A fun read if you are even slightly interested in the engineering behind ’stuff’ we use every day.  

Entertaining and non-technical. Unfortunately this is very little on Eastern development, such as China.


It was written in the 60s, so it’s time for an update!


The Ancient Engineers, L. Sprague de Camp, 1965, ISBN 0-88029-456-6

Proverbial

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A hungry bear won’t dance (Greek Proverb)


 Lebenskunst – the art of living


Tell the Truth and Run – Yugoslavian proverb


There is no little enemy – French Proverb


Great sorrows are silent – Italian Proverb


Affection is a bad advisor – German Proverb


Example is an eloquent orator – anonymous

Gratitude is the heart’s memory – French Proverb

Divorce is the Sacrament of adultery – French Proverb

Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is – German Proverb

A father is a banker provided by nature – French Proverb

The apple does not fall far from the Tree – German Proverb

Those who wish to sing, always find a song – anonymous

Sickness comes on horseback and departs on foot – Dutch Proverb

Since the house is on fire, let us warm ourselves – anonymous

Advice after injury is like medicine after death – Danish Proverb

Beauty without virtue is a flower without a sword – French Proverb

The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected – Swedish Proverb

Mules are always boasting that their ancestors are horses – German Proverb

The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the at is Poetry – French Proverb

After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box – Italian Proverb

Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow – Swedish Proverb

You are permitted in time of great danger to walk with the devil until you have crossed the bridge – anonymous

Fear less, hope more; chew more, whine less, breath more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours. – anonymous