I am Inquisitive

I am inquisitive and I just need a section to write about where my curiosity leads me. So that I can stop my mind from racing. I have chosen this picture of the ocean with a solitary surfer. So much mystery for my little mind….

“……… the state of  being curious: inquisitive, wondering, ready to poke around and figure something out.”

The Ability to Create

From late 1973 to mid-1975, I worked at the corner of St-Laurent and St-Viateur. In the late seventies, I worked on Chabanel Street. In that era, much of the clothing that we wore in Canada was still designed and made in those areas of Montreal. And, it was there that I learnt to admire the […]
Aromatics for Québec-distilled gin

Artisans

Québec distillers make 116 different gins, many of them international award winners. There are over 50 craft distilleries, located from Havre St-Pierre to Gatineau producing not only gins but also vodkas, whiskeys, rums and even absinthe. And, over 100 micro-brewers – if you are still buying imported or production beer,  you  don’t know what you […]
Sunset in Nazare, Portugal - sunset on atwatersedge.co

Slow Travel

Slow travel allows time to really get to know places visited. Over the last several years, we have spent several months in and around Montepulciano. I no longer need GPS or a map to navigate most of Tuscany and Umbria. After over a month in Venice, I can read a Donna Leone mystery novel and […]