Yesterday I spent some time exploring the origins of St Valentines Day which falls on February 14th, about 3 weeks away. Today I decided to have a look at one of the most popular Valentine’s gifts, chocolate.

The giving of chocolate, especially luxury chocolates, has become symbolic of Valentine’s Day. Chocolate, since it’s earliest days has been believed to have aphrodisiac qualities which is likely why men are so apt to give the love of their hearts chocolate on Valentine’s Day. During the year 75% of chocolate purchases are made by women. On Valentine’s Day, men account for 75% of the chocolate purchased for that day. Read the rest of this entry

Are you a romantic?

If you’re married or in a relationship you may want to start doing some serious thought about finding the romantic in yourself before February 14th. That is when Valentines falls and there are some days you just need to be a bit of a brown noser and don’t forget. Read the rest of this entry

Back in October the world was shocked when a lone gunman entered an Amish schoolhouse in rural Pennsylvania, sent the boys out of the school and then proceed to open fire on the girls. As police moved in he killed himself. A lone gunman killing other people before killing himself wasn’t the shock, that he would target the most vulnerable of a group of people like the Amish was the shock. The Amish are a peace loving people. Read the rest of this entry

Well, here we are on Monday again and the winter that hasn’t been, has decided today was a nice day to arrive. Woke this morning to the sound of rain which of course had to be freezing rain since the temperature was below freezing. Read the rest of this entry

While not something that I usually would bother even noticing let alone passing on, this article in today’s Toronto Star caught my attention. Having read The Da Vinci Code and recently finished the The Secret Supper, da Vinci’s name seems to keep popping up. The article takes a look at the possibility that one of his paintings which had been thought destroyed may actually still be around although hidden within the wall of a Florence, Italy palace. Neat stuff.

I got out for a walk with my friend this morning which is good as I wont have one with her next week since she will be traveling. She commented during our walk that I’ve been doing better with the walking. When we first started I needed to stop frequently to catch my breath. Today we walked further than we had before and we only stopped briefly at the turn around point and that was more for her to give the dog her treat. Read the rest of this entry

Well, today is the first day I’m heading towards my office in Peterborough and after weeks of nothing in sight but rain, cloud or sunshine — it may well decide to snow today. The forecast seems to be swaying between flurries and snow.

Wonderful, I really don’t mind snow, just not on days where I need to drive any where. OH well, if it snows, then I’ll have to deal with it. Currently it is raining where I am on the lakeshore but as I head north I know full well that different weather is a distinct possibility. Read the rest of this entry