Back in 2023 shortly after moving back from France, my wife and I went on vacation to our nations capital, Ottawa Ontario Canada. We had been used to traveling extensively while living in Europe and we

I finished another book today. This one was called I Who Have Never Known Men, by a Belgian author by the name Jaqueline Harpman. It was written in 1995 and in my opinion is an instant classic. I came

For this weeks #Beersaturday I'll be reviewing two beers from a local brewery call Collective Arts. The first is a Porter and the second a standard lager. Let's see how they faired. I'll give you a hint,

Time for a Leaky20 food post! I do these periodically. Here are some of the meals that I've made recently, meals I've eaten. Let's take a look! The first meal is a poached egg. I used to make these quite

I haven't been drinking much as of late. I bought a new batch of beers but they have been sitting in my fridge for quite a while now. Luckily I didn't buy too many. The last few beers that I've had have

I completed another book recently. This one was called Nuclear War: A Scenario and was written by author Annie Jacobsen. I saw it recommended on Social Media and it sounded pretty interesting. It also

I haven't done a random life update in a while. Lately I've been turning some of the small events, happenings and situations of life into their own post, like the books that I've been reading, as an example.

I completed another book recently. This one was called The Impossible Climb by author Mark Synnott. This is the same author as the other book that I read recently called The Third Pole. I read this one

I haven't done a doors post in a long time now. With me not traveling as much as I used to, it takes a lot longer to collect enough photos of doors to make a decent post out of them. There just aren't

Imagine being stuck at sea for over a year... Its hard to imagine how one would survive such an ordeal. 438 Days, by author Jonathan Franklin, is about the true life story of how one man did just that.

Another week and another #beersaturday. This one was less exciting then my previous vacation beer experiences. Nonetheless, if im going to drink a beer I may as well talk about it. Today I'll be doing

I recently completed another book. This one was called The Third Pole by Mark Synnott. I started this one immediately after The Dark Forest and completed it in a week, or maybe just under. Completing books

Its been a while since I posted in the coffee community. I'm way overdo. To get back into the swing of things, let me tell you about some coffees that we had in the Azores. Here we go! The first coffee

For this weeks #Beersaturday I've decided to change it up a bit and talk about some beers that I had in the Azores a while back. I hope you enjoy. Cold Body, Cold Beer Maybe not the first beer that I had

The theme of Faial Island of the Azores Archipelago is volcanoes, seeing them, learning about them, and even hiking them. Located in the center of the island at an elevation of 1043 meters, is a large

I recently finished the book The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu. Its the second book in the Sci Fi trilogy The Three Body Problem. The series was written by a Chinese author and was translated to English by

We have been hit with a cold and snowy winter this year, with off and on snow storms and very low temperatures. It hit us early, back in November and has been up and down since them. We get lots of deep

I have two very different dark beers to review for this week's #Beersaturday. I hope you enjoy! Wellington Imperial Stout Brewery: Wellington Brewery, est 1985 Origin: Guelph ON Canada Style: Imperial

One day I'll finish talking about my 2025 trip to the Azores, but not this day. Day one on the island of Faial was jam packed with activity starting with a visit to the Capelinhos volcano site and museum.

Another #Beersaturday and a new batch of beers to review. This week I'll be discussing two more Ontario Canada craft beers, a brown ale from Silversmith and a coffee porter from Left Field Brewery. Let's