A storytelling home by Léa Plourde-Archer

Modern tales of a messy abode

Author: lapetitelea

  • Sweet sundays: Spice cake french toast recipe

    A few weeks ago I wrote about how much I love Sundays. Staying in bed until 8h30 AM, chilling with my cats and my boyfriend, then preparing a hearty breakfast. That’s my idea of heaven. Today I was prepared to make crepes. However, we had some leftover spice cake and that inspired me to try…

  • Photos of nature from around the world

    Just for fun, I rummaged through my travel pics and found these photos of elements of nature taken around the world (well, on 3 continents). When we travel, we tend to mostly take pictures of architecture and famous landmarks. I do that a lot, but I also like to capture the natural environment of the…

  • The quirky buildings of Montreal: Expo 67

    This week, Untapped Cities published a piece I wrote about the quirky buildings of Montreal. It will become a series and in this first installment, I wrote about the installations that were built for Expo 67 (the 1967 World Fair). To read it, click here. Here are a few photos that I took in the…

  • All in a day’s work: planning dinner recipes in advance

    Each week, I try to prepare creative, healthy meals that will provide to my boyfriend and I the energy that we need in order to get through our long workdays. Since food is one of my tasks on the common chore list, I need to find ways to be able to cook my dinners in…

  • The ingredients of a perfect day: simple things that make me happy

    After two heavy, rather personal posts (on traveling and death), I decided that this week’s piece would cover a lighter subject: everyday moments of joy. Louise Hung wrote a fun piece for xojane.com, titled Is happy really that simple? 10 tiny things that make me ecstatic. This inspired me to make my own list of…