By Sara Dinnen The vagaries of semi-rural living.  Turned on the gas stove to rustle up a poached egg.  No gas.  Both bottles are empty which means, ergo, no hot water either. Phoned the gas supplier, who happens to be 83.7ks away in the nearest city. There ain’t nothing closer. “Och” said the Scottish man on the other end of the phone.  “Bad luck and … Continue reading BACK TO BUCKET BASICS

By Sandy Myhre Cars have become progressively bigger.  Look back ten years and see that what once was placed in the small car category is now sufficiently big enough to be classified as mid-size. The same thing happened to what’s ubiquitously called the Sport Utility Vehicle.  It’s like car designers all clubbed together and injected their SUVs with enough steroid-induced bulging muscles to be banned … Continue reading SMALL TOYOTA MAKES A BIG IMPRESSION