Then & Now

Class photographs were taken in the 1940s and 1950s. They were sent to me by someone who also grew up in Bourlamaque, Quebec at that time.

Breakfast Recipe

Apple Oatmeal Bake

Next weekend visitors will stay over again. Everyone likes this breakfast dish and it's so easy so I decided to share the recipe. This is a huge amount. I halve it and have plenty for four people. If you have any left, it's great cold or you can reheat it in the microwave.

4 c. milk ( I use water)

2 c. old fashioned oatmeal

¼ c. maple syrup

2 c. chopped apples

2 tbsp. canola oil

1 c. chopped nuts (I use walnuts, recipe says walnuts or sunflower seeds)

1 c. raisins (or cranberries, I use raisins)

1 tbsp. cinnamon

½ tsp. salt (I don’t use)

Bring water, maple syrup, oil, salt and cinnamon to simmer

Stir these items into the remaining dry ingredients in a heavy baking dish

Bake uncovered 30-35 minutes at 350 degrees.

I prepare the dry ingredients the night before and put them in the baking dish. Then I add the rest in the morning and shove it in the oven.

I imagine most people would want milk on this. I use plain yoghurt only. I think when you see and taste it, you’ll figure out what you and/or your guests will prefer. Perhaps a bit of maple syrup?

'Famous Author'

What a weekend! A wedding outside of Rochester, N.Y. that involved a dinner on Friday at Artworks, wedding and reception dinner on Saturday at a country club, brunch on Sunday morning at the hotel where almost everyone stayed. The Punjabi suit I'm wearing was given to me in Calcutta in 2005. My friend, who had invited me to the wedding, introduced me to friends and relatives of hers as 'a famous author.' I was hardly going to tell her 'famous' might be an exaggeration. Who knows, if the novel starts to get some reviews, I still might be!!!

Summer Trip to Ottawa.

Imagine winning four return Via tickets from Toronto to Ottawa. So I went in late July along with three family members. What a blast! Grandson is 12 and it was a lesson in civics, in history, in architecture. All of us loved the Library of Parliament. What an exquisite library. How many librarians does it require to run this library? I didn't find out. Maybe you know!

Fact Or Fiction?

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

My novel Ile d'Or has just been released. It seems a book that might interest your readers even though it is fiction and they are reading The Northern Miner for factual information.

It might interest you to know that in the first chapter, one of the main characters reveals that the obituary in The Northern Miner that told of his death was mistaken.

The idea for this occurred because my own father's death was erroneously reported in the Miner many years ago. My father wrote to correct this and then you did also. I think my father thought it was quite funny.

When his actual death occurred, of course there was an obituary then.

Mary Lou Dickinson Toronto, ON

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Interesting Blogs

http://howtodoitfrugally.com/book_promoter_excerpt.htm
I'm new to this one, looking for tips for p.r. around my own books. Found it on Twitter.


http://tedbarris.com/ (June 9th. Copyright gone wrong). Ted Barris' blog is clearly set up and easy to follow.

http://farzanadoctor.wordpress.com/ Farzana also has a website of interest.

What is the man under the umbrella waiting for?