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a reading, writing, and photo blog. oh and animals. and their rights. there ain't never been any reimer reason, and i'm not gonna start now

Tiger and lion (Taken with instagram)

Posted 7 hours ago

I love you #eastvancats (Taken with instagram)

Posted 7 hours ago

End of an era (Taken with instagram)

Posted 8 hours ago

I love you #eastvan (Taken with Instagram at Eye Contact)

Posted 8 hours ago

#photoadaymay #17: snack (Taken with instagram)

Posted 11 hours ago

#photoadaymay #16: I’m reading my dear friend D-Zomp’s words on the train! And remembering him bitching about this photo shoot even tho he is clearly a babe. @poetryisdead (Taken with Instagram at Joyce - Collingwood SkyTrain Station)

Posted 1 day ago

Lily from Liz (Taken with instagram)

Posted 2 days ago

#photoadaymay #15: love (Taken with instagram)

Posted 2 days ago

#photoadaymay #14: grass (Taken with Instagram at New Amsterdam Cafe)

Posted 3 days ago

Sea vegetable goes to the beach (Taken with instagram)

Posted 4 days ago

Browsing Archive: May, 2010

feed a cold, starve justin bieber?

Posted by Nikki Reimer on Saturday, May 29, 2010, In : Recipe 
That's what you're supposed to do, right?

My sweetie cooked me up this concoction to help with a sore throat - head cold thing that reared it's nasty bacterial head when I got home from my trip. 
  
 Pickles, salsa and beer all made by J. I had to eat the terminally garlicky pickle, take a sip of beer, eat a garlic clove, then repeat. Then I downed the level 10 salsa. I'm not sure if it helped push the cold along faster or not, but it sure was entertaining. 

 

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Kudos to MLA and Arts & Culture Critic Spencer Chandra Herbert

Posted by Nikki Reimer on Thursday, May 27, 2010, In : Arts 
I've posted verbatim Herbert's recent newsletter on the BC government's gaming grants cuts:

Dear Friends of BC Arts and Culture,

This week we learned that the BC Liberal government has dealt another blow to the arts and culture community.  It was brought to light that the limited gaming funds announced in the March 2010 Budget in fact exclude a large number of the arts and culture festivals and programs for children previously believed to be supported by the gaming branch.


In the March 2010 Budg...

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hot rum toddy recipe

Posted by Nikki Reimer on Wednesday, May 26, 2010, In : Recipe 
We are sick. 

Got mom to email this.

HOT RUM TODDY

 

CREAM TOGETHER:

2 TSP BROWN SUGAR

1 TSP BUTTER

 

ADD 1 – 2 TSP LEMON JUICE

 

ADD 1 – 2 OZ. RUM

 

STIR IN 1 CUP OF BOILING WATER

 

OPTIONAL:

SPRINKLE NUTMEG, CINNAMON, GROUND GINGER, POWDERED CLOVES

 

YUM!


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this is the new blog; just like the old blog.

Posted by Nikki Reimer on Wednesday, May 26, 2010, In : blog blog blog 
Welcome to the new blog. Some posts will migrate from the old blog, like Genealogy Saturday posts. Other posts will be new and off the cuff, fresh from my mind like a newly squeezed lemon. Enjoy.
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genealogy saturday

Posted by Nikki Reimer on Thursday, May 13, 2010, In : Genealogy Saturday 

 Dido (my Ukrainian grandfather) walking in (I think) Saskatoon, circa early or mid-1950s.



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genealogy saturday

Posted by Nikki Reimer on Thursday, May 13, 2010, In : Genealogy Saturday 

The Cherwoniak / Zelichowski Story

Andrew Cherwoniak (1893-1987) and Theophilia (Phyllis) Zelichowski (1903-1986) wed October 31, 1929 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. 

 Text written by Shirley Watson in 1980s and modified by Nikki Reimer in 2010. 
  

 The Cherwoniak family emigrated from Austrian Empire in 1897. They brought five of their seven children (two had died prior to emigration.) The boat docked in Halifax, N.S. and by September 1897, they had settled on land at Gimli, Manitoba. Using bra...
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