The dedication or devotion to a thing, in an immoderate and/or compulsive standard or quantity. What I’ve just paraphrased, folks, is the Oxford English Dictionary’s online definition of the term “addiction”. Alcohol, drugs, food, exercise, loud music, reading, sleeping. Can we be addicted to any of these? I’ve never tried drugs, but the others, conglomerated […]
Archives for August 2013
10 Superfoods for Kids: Healthy and Delicious
Busy kids don’t usually think much about healthy eating, or eating at all. That’s why it’s your job to help your children with great food choices so they will grow into the healthy adults you want them to be. Your kids probably care a lot more about Superman than super-food, but you can change that […]
Taking Care of Yourself While Dealing with a Sick Loved One
There are many positive and supportive ways to incorporate wellness into your daily life while coping with the stress of a loved one’s illness.
Tarmac Meditations #129: Candles in the Wind
Meant to shoot more last week…hell, I mean to shoot more every week but I often don’t. Meant to write more last week…hell, I mean to write more every week.
Three Beads (Part Four)
They arrived in Ngaliama late in the afternoon, the sun at its hottest, dust coating everything. Asya was surprised to find the village exactly the same as how she pictured it for these many years. It did not seem smaller, bigger, cleaner, or filthier; it was as if time had stood still here.
A Royal Bargain
Some argue that the Royal Family is a colossal and needless expense for the British taxpayer. Well just read this…
Purging the Pure
Genocide, racialism, the Holocaust, they are each horrific examples of purity being deployed as a justification for crimes of war. They are the worst examples, antithetical, ultimately, of what it really means to be righteous. And who is it who declares that these people are ‘sub-human’? Who is it who cannot see past their opaque egos?
Multiculturalism in Action
The spacious dining room was buzzing with the lively accents of women from Israel, Hong Kong, Germany and the Philippines. Others born in Mexico, Thailand, the U.S., Indonesia, and yes, even Canada, completed the luncheon group that day, an intercultural gathering of friends who have shared times like these for the past 25-plus years.
American Rock Star in 18th-Century Vienna: A Review of “Amadeus”
I recall seeing this film at the Bay Theatre in the West End of Vancouver when it came out in 1984 and being horrified by the portrayal of Mozart as a buffoon; all my illusions about this towering figure of classical music were shaken in those first few scenes of the movie.
Matching a Dog Breed to Your Personality
If, like me, you’ve been doing research into what kind of dog breed is best for you then one of the biggest things to consider is how their personality will match up with yours.