The Blork Blog

I‘m in the habit of abbreviating. For example, when something runs low in the kitchen and I make a note of it on the chalkboard, I usually abbreviate it. I know my own codes, so it’s easy. WWB is whole wheat bread, MLK is milk, WW4C is white wine for cooking, and so on.
One day […]

The last thing we Montrealers need is another blog post about the abundance of snow we’ve received this winter (and in the past week in particular), but for the sake of posterity and my readers in Australia, I thought I’d post a few pictures.
Here’s our back yard in greener times:

Here’s our back yard this morning:

It […]

The Northern Boreal Tree Panther
The Northern Boreal Tree Panther inhabits a small territory south of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec. Its habitat consists of large, sheltered interior spaces lined with an abundance of cotton and other materials, combined with limited exterior locations in and around cedar trees.

The Northern Boreal Tree Panther’s diet consists of […]

During the winter, when the trees are barren, I’m always rather impressed that we can see Place Ville Marie and a few other downtown buildings from the bedroom window. Once spring comes and the leaves bloom, the view is obscured.

PVM from the Bedroom Window

Not that I’m complaining. It’s not as if I didn’t see that […]

Out of bed at 8:00 AM, frustrated at the persistent sinus drip-induced cough and headache that’s kept me awake since 5:00. Too fuzzy-headed to read, so I turn on the TV. MoviePix is showing a “documentary” about the women of James Bond. I catch the last 30 minutes.
The documentary segues into a non-stop, all day […]

For the fifth year in a row, I prepared a turkey dinner for ten adults and three children. Every year I resolve to make the meal less complicated than the previous, and so far it seems to be working. My reason for getting progressively simpler is that I’ve come to realize that, at least for […]

Toute la famille is gathering chez nous for Christmas. Tonight we’ll have four overnight guests, and tomorrow it will be up to seven. Oh – and there’s a dog. An adorable ten-month-old labradoodle who stands about three feet tall and is still in the throws of full hyperactive puppydom.
The mini, however, is not impressed. He […]