These are five great wines from the British Columbia’s Okanagan you’ll be hearing about in the mainstream media if you haven’t already.
Cats and Gardens
High strung, reactive, and rescued from a crack house when she was weeks old, Crack Cat has never been what you would call a “lap cat.” Even so, as Nathan Thompson discovered, she brought with her many life lessons.
The Perfectly Discombobulated Mother
A mother realizes that there are good and bad times for buying a car. This was a bad time. A really bad time.
Being Fooled: Grocery Store Dandelions
The lowly dandelion has become a favorite of gourmets as evidenced by the price of dandelion greens in the grocery store. But there are lots of nutrients and health benefits in those greens.
Ode to Bacon, King of Meat
Bacon is the most versatile meat there is. Period. It lies nicely on our breakfast plates, allows lettuce and tomato to join with it in a satisfying sandwich, and proves paramount in a Caesar salad. Bacon is simple and unapologetic. Many people who don’t like pork like bacon. Even my vegetarian friends love bacon – […]
Mayor of Cook Street Village Laundromat
Here’s the thing: in between success and failure, glamour and an old bathrobe, a laundry room and a laundromat, I like to think there lies in me a hard-working mom with one job, no car, a few too many debts, and a certain graceful resilience.
Me and My Laser Eyes
A few months later my brain let me know that it has secretly been in counselling and had come to terms with the whole “eye cutting” thing. It said that if I really wanted the surgery, it would support me by not inducing vomiting everytime I thought of it. Thanks, brain!
Finding Redemption
When Mary Black Bonnet was 17, she was raped. Today, she looks back at that young girl who felt so alone and unheard, and with the power of writing, she documents her journey from helplessness to healing.
Dark Roast
Some days. Like today. Up before the alarm, rain sluicing down the west windows, a chilly morning in the Pacific Northwest. Spring. I go into the kitchen and start making my coffee. Everyday I make the same choice; that is, I decide whether or not to use the drip filter, the French press or the […]
Pants Optional
Sometimes pants just fall off. Right? On “Pants Off Friday”, Sarah Gignac reviews her life’s pantless episodes.
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