Kari Raymer Bishop 🇨🇦
LightNews LightNews
banner
kariraymerbishop.bsky.social
Kari Raymer Bishop 🇨🇦
@kariraymerbishop.bsky.social
6K followers 4K following 4.7K posts
Mom of fierce preemie, wife of kind professor, teller of stories, keeper of bees, and lover of cheese (Paris ON) (she/her) I love to talk about building community and making things better
🇨🇦 Vive le Canada 🇨🇦
Posts Replies Media Videos
kariraymerbishop.bsky.social
My workspace today is only mildly creepy.
A clown lurks in the doorway
December 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
kariraymerbishop.bsky.social
This feels like the perfect meal for a cold, blustery day: spicy Italian sausage, roasted cabbage steaks, sweet potatoes, and green beans with almonds. We are trying to eat more, and varied, veggies. Also learning that cooking like my grandmothers did is key.
Sheet pan with roasted cabbage steaks sprinkled with steak spice and topped with spicy Italian sausages (so the juice sizzles down over the cabbage) A blue and white plate holds cabbage steak, green beans almondine, roasted sweet potatoes and spicy Italian sausage.
November 30, 2025 at 9:55 PM
kariraymerbishop.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
kariraymerbishop.bsky.social
Come to mama....

#FestiveSpecial
Swiss Chalet Festive Special (at home)
November 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
kariraymerbishop.bsky.social
It's the time of year where my main source of serotonin is homemade bread and melted cheese.
A blue and white plate holds a thick slice of homemade bread with melted cheddar cheese.
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
kariraymerbishop.bsky.social
Potato leek is the soup of the day and this recipe is wonderful. I really like the thyme and lemon in it. The bread is still in the oven but I couldn't resist the first bowl of soup!

www.loveandlemons.com/potato-leek-...
A pottery bowl holds potato leek soup and a spoon. Goldendoodle looks on from the distance, as usual.
November 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
kariraymerbishop.bsky.social
Dinner looks and smells so good tonight. Jerk chicken, rice & peas, and roasted sweet potato coins. Yum!
A blue and white plate holds jerk chicken thighs, rice & peas, and some sweet potato slice. Doggo in the background as usual. Also, he wants you to know that he got a haircut.
November 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
kariraymerbishop.bsky.social
On this World Prematurity Day, I'm grateful for @drjengunter.bsky.social, whose book about her own journey as a prem parent was my constant companion and guide during the first weeks after my son was born at 25+3. It felt like someone understood what I was facing and was calmly leading the way. 💜
Book cover reads The Preemie Primer: A Complete Guide for Parents of Premature Babies — from Birth through the Toddler Years and Beyond By Jennifer Gunter, MD
November 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
kariraymerbishop.bsky.social
Happy World Prematurity Day from the tiniest baby who, at age 12, is now taller than his mama and calls her Bruh.

#NICU #WorldPrematurityDay #StrongStartHopefulFuture
A tiny premature baby, weighing less than two pounds, is tucked down his mama's shirt, along with all the tubes and wires that keep him alive in the NICU.
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
kariraymerbishop.bsky.social
This morning, kiddo spotted two bald eagles perched way up in the trees along the hwy as we drove. He has his grandpa's gift for seeing everything — which is a miracle because he had Stage 4 Retinopathy of Prematurity and we weren't sure just how bad his vision would be. Now he has 20/10 vision. 👁👁
Two large bald eagles sit high up in a tree. The sky is blue behind them.
November 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
kariraymerbishop.bsky.social
"Tell me the truth," I said to my husband this morning. "Am I too cute?"

His reply?

"Every. Single. Day."

And also — "Love those Bay City Rollers pants." 🤣🥰
Off to church in my red plaid pants and Doc Martens with black satin ribbons tied into bows.
November 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
kariraymerbishop.bsky.social
On a whim, I tried PC Portuguese custard tarts (freezer to oven to mouth).

As Teri Hatcher would say, "They're real, and they're spectacular."
A blue and white plate holds four Portuguese custard tarts. In behind is the blue and white package from President's Choice. Made in Portugal. Heated in my oven.
November 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
kariraymerbishop.bsky.social
My garden has already started decorating for the Christmas season.
A snow-covered holly bush pops with red berries.
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
kariraymerbishop.bsky.social
My friend's little boy made this tiny 6" snowman while standing quietly at the Cenotaph for the Remembrance Day service this morning.
A tiny snowman wears a small red berry as a poppy over its heart.
November 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
kariraymerbishop.bsky.social
Costco now has this beautiful thinly-sliced beef. I bought a pkg and froze it in five parcels. So far we've had broccoli/beef stir-fry, pho, and — today — beef fajita bowls. Just one way to make meal prep faster and simpler for a beef meal once each week!
A blue and white bowl holds all the ingredients that make up a beef fajita bowl: rice, black beans, corn, beef, peppers, onions, salsa and sour cream. I forgot the grated cheese!
November 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
kariraymerbishop.bsky.social
We experienced an excellent field trip today — WWI education program at Ruthven Park National Historic Site. I taught about WWI for a decade or so, but I still learned a lot of new things today from Andy Robertshaw. Fantastic! #PandemicHomeschool
A stone coach house is the setting. There is a group of young students, each sitting on a white folding chair. They are watching an older gentleman as he talks about the uniform and gear of a man who is dressed in an authentic Canadian Expeditionary Force uniform from the Great War.
November 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
kariraymerbishop.bsky.social
Some people score goals or win pennants. Others land big deals or receive great reviews and applause.

Me, I'm just over here feeding seeds to a downy woodpecker who trusts me and I am thrilled to pieces. Doesn't take much!

I have all I need. ❤️
A woman's hand holds black sunflower seeds and a downy woodpecker who has taken a seed in its beak.
November 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
kariraymerbishop.bsky.social
Dear October me, thank you for making extra turkey and packing it so carefully in the freezer so November me could have a delicious meal on a cold and miserable night. November me really appreciates your thoughtfulness!
A plate contains turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce, spaghetti squash, carrots, and peas. A goldendoodle eyes it from the doorway.
November 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
kariraymerbishop.bsky.social
I don't know who needs to hear this, but roasting your pumpkin seeds with everything bagel seasoning is the best decision you can make in early November.
A baking tray holds roasted pumpkin seeds that have been tossed with everything bagel seasoning.
November 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
kariraymerbishop.bsky.social
I love how they glow!!!

#WANTITALL #GOJAYSGO
A row of pumpkins on a bench spells out GO JAYS!!!
October 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
kariraymerbishop.bsky.social
My favourite quote about Halloween:
Halloween is the day where we get it right. Strangers comes to us, beautiful, ugly, odd, or scary, and we accept them all without question, compliment them, treat them kindly, and give them good things. Why don't we live like that? (Steve Garnass-Holmes)
October 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
kariraymerbishop.bsky.social
I didn't have the skills to do the logo, but I had the pumpkins to spell out GO JAYS!!!

#HappyHalloween
#WantItAll
A row of pumpkins on a bench spells out GO JAYS!!!
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
kariraymerbishop.bsky.social
6 7 for the win 😆
A boy dressed up as a hotdog is doing juggle hands in response to the 6 7 pumpkin his mom trolled him with 😆
October 31, 2025 at 10:00 PM
kariraymerbishop.bsky.social
Happy Halloween and Go Jays!!!

#WANTITALL #GOJAYSGO
A bench with a row of pumpkins the spell out GO JAYS!!!
October 31, 2025 at 9:21 PM
kariraymerbishop.bsky.social
Trolling my kid and his friends instead.... which is something I have tremendous skills for 🤣
Piece of pumpkin have been carved and set on the counter. They form the numbers 6 and 7.
October 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM