Category Archives: Personal Stories

Being Thankful

Posted on October 12, 2020 by

Canadian Thanksgiving is today…and it’s truly one of my favourite holidays! I love the crisp, cool air, the endless sunshine (in these parts, we get a lot) and the panorama of autumn colours is pretty astounding! The Capital Region River … Continue reading →

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Quarantine: 14 days of Isolation Wines- Day Two

Posted on March 24, 2020 by

After surviving day one with happy bubbles watching a Netflix movie or two, reading the latest news on COVID-19, I awake to get ready for work, put my uniform on, and ensure my hand sanitizer is in my purse. What … Continue reading →

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Quarantine: 14 days of Isolation Wines- Day One

Posted on March 23, 2020 by

Here we are. I’m not the first person to be blogging about COVID-19 in some capacity, and I certainly won’t be the last. Many of us have a lot of time on our hands these days, so writing and now … Continue reading →

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For Such a Time as This

Posted on May 26, 2019 by

The last two months have been a bit of a whirlwind with two trips to Italy in a month and a half, a job layoff, and now figuring out what to do next in my life. Well, I find myself … Continue reading →

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So this is 2019…

Posted on January 5, 2019 by

Happy New Year! This is a wine blog, but I don’t consider myself a “wine blogger”. I don’t receive “free samples” to write about (mostly because our laws pretty much prohibit that), I have to rely on importers/distributors to bring … Continue reading →

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