
Full moon, clear skies, cold weather. Bitterly cold, like minus-25° Celcius bitterly cold (minus-38°C with the windchill)… far too cold for me to even think about trying to do the conversion to Fahrenheit for the benefit of our American friends. Let’s just say it’s cold enough — if I may be so indelicate and unladylike [...]
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When it’s cold enough outside to freeze, um, a brass monkey, sometimes all a girl wants to do is stoke up that fireplace and cosy up to a Significant Other with a snifter o’ cognac. But what if the fire won’t start, or keeps dying out? Way to kill a romantic mood! How to Re-Kindle [...]
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