Jessica, at it again

My friend Jessica Rotolo lives in Toronto and lives her life–and dances–like everybody’s watching! She hones her acting, singing and dancing chops at DramaWay. Jessica, along with two other DramaWay performers, just appeared in a music video by Noah Reid (for Schitt’s Creek fans, Noah’s character Patrick married Dan Levy’s David Rose.) For her part, Jessica says her life “is fabulous! When I met Noah, he was really nice to me. I liked his longer hair. It was great when he told me that my dress was really great.”

Noah Reid and Jessica Rotolo do the social distance thing high on a rooftop in Toronto.

HOME alone, summer issue

Look what’s out! The summer issue of Saskatoon HOME. Some summer reading you can enjoy at home. This is a fun issue filled with great inspiration, DIY projects like building with pallets, composting, and identifying birds in the neighbourhood. Meet a family who has built their own lake-like living in their Confederaton backyard, and a woman who bought her own childhood home and modernized her nostalgia. Learn about the Barr Colonists, that plucky bunch who arrived here as Saskatoon’s first tourists. And lust after the gorgeous pergola and gardens a young Rosewood couple have created to look spectacular by day and night. Get your copy at one of several racks throughout the city, or never miss an issue and subscribe for only $20 a year.

Putting the pain in pandemic

Get it? French for bread – pain. Rick’s been making loaves in the bread machine (finally using that flour in the pantry). Jim and I have been following our friend Pauline’s recipe for easy bagel knock-offs with lots of coarse salt on top. Turns them into a big pretzel-bagel cross. Then there was that jar of old bran buds, so yesterday we made muffins. We’ve been delivering to my parents. But nothing compares with the sourdough our friends Leon and Darlene just gifted us. This was almost too pretty to eat…but trust me, we did. There must be some psychological study underway about baking during a crisis. Maybe it’s all about the family and friends who give it to one another. That’s comfort food.