I’m going to see my friend Deirdre in a play tonight. Dee, as I call her, is one of my best girls in the building. […] Read More
Author: Spring Gillard
My friends know that I have a thing for bathrooms. Compost toilets of course and double seated outhouses, but I also happen to know where […] Read More
When I was in Victoria for an education conference last week, I met up with my old friend and roommate from my undergrad days at […] Read More
I love the parking system they have in Victoria. The parking spaces are numbered and you can then pay at these little kiosks that are […] Read More
I’d walk a mile for a good cup of coffee. I would even take a ferry ride. And that’s exactly what I did last week, […] Read More
The City is promoting their expanded food scraps recycling program, right at eye level, at grocery store checkstands. So when you’re piling your fresh fruit […] Read More
A friend and I were strolling along the waterfront downtown recently and I caught my first glimpse of the new-ish Vancouver Convention Centre green roof. […] Read More
There’s been a zombie outbreak in popular culture. Movies, books, and zombie apocalypse websites are all over the internet, perhaps inspired by the 2003 book […] Read More
Recently, I needed a bag of Sea Soil to top up my community garden plot, so once again I employed my trusty wheels. At the […] Read More
I have been doing some reading lately about community engagement and how universities are sometimes viewed as beautifully landscaped, isolated islands that are disconnected from […] Read More