We’ve gone global with nearly everything, and many of us spend countless hours of our lives longing for things that our ancestors neither dreamed of, nor needed, to live happy lives.
Archives for October 2014
On the Zen of Toll House Cookies
Years before gourmet chocolate chip cookies made their appearance, Mom’s cookies were famous in our neighbourhood as the ultimate melt-in-your-mouth treat. If she’d opened a stand then, we’d be millionaires now.
Rural South Australia
Progress marches through South Australia’s Mid-North with the blades of wind turbines sweeping in the winds that cross the Gawler Ranges to drive a rusting galvanized iron windmill, an icon of Australia’s rural past.
Garden now and then in your garden of possibilities
All of us have responsibilities. We face various levels of stress and frustration related to our jobs, our home lives and our finances. Far too few of us offset these things with what I like to call decompression activities. For me, gardening is one of them. Why gardening?
One Day at Ground Zero
I stood at that place
ground zero they said.
A ground grounded with shadows,
shock, silence and much more
pasted on memory’s lips.
Mt. Rundle: The Icon of Banff
Waskahigan Watchi was renamed to Rundle by James Palliser after Rev. Robert Rundle a missionary to the West of Canada in the 1840’s. The Cree, who populated the area , hunting and fishing called it Waskahigan Watchi – or House Mountain.
The Allegory of Marriage
a man and woman balanced on a log over a river, holding on to each other by a rope knotted in the middle.
Making a Difference: Anne Bethune – Vancouver Adaptive Snow Sports
A Life As A Human Interview: Vancouver Adaptive Snow Sports (VASS) runs skiing and snowboarding programs for persons with a disability at Grouse, Seymour and Cypress Mountains, making the mountain experience accessible to all. We have been offering programs at Grouse Mountain since 1974 and our president , Anne Bethune , embodies the magic that we call VASS.
Bird First-Aid: Things to do when They’re Hurt
Jordan Walker is an animal advocate who passionately believes that humans are responsible in the care of this world. That includes overseeing the welfare of all other animals living in it. Here, Jordan talks about first-aid tips for injured birds in the wild.
Dracula’s Home Town: Sauntering Through Sighisoara
Transylvania is full of surprises. Not only does England’s Prince Charles keep an estate there, here, he also proudly boasts of being a direct descendant of Transylvania’s Vlad the Impaler, better known as the real Dracula.