Kids Lunch Box Dilemma

My wife and I pride ourselves on the fact that we are both hands-on and share responsibilities more or less equally from a work and home-point of view.  So I am the lucky one tasked with the kids’ breakfasts and lunch boxes for school and my constant dilemma with that responsibility is running out of…

Being Overwhelmed and How I Cope

I feel like once COVID started the amount of pressures (both external and internal) have been relentless.  I mean it’s not like before COVID everything went hunky dory – I have kept random journals since 2006 and in all of them I essentially rent about how the world is ending and how things are really…

The Art of Middle Eastern Tea

You may have experienced the exotic flavours of Masala Chai or Kadak Tea, there are variations upon variations of spiced tea that come from the sub-continent but Middle Eastern Tea is a distinct variant that uses specific spices that spice mixes with the aim for more fragrance than taste.  Middle Easter Spiced Tea can range…