I got my Toshiba VCR/DVD player and my little JVC CD/cassette player fixed over Christmas. Yes, I’m a Luddite. I don’t want a digital box, […] Read More
Author: Spring Gillard
There is talk lately of retiring the word sustainability and shifting to resiliency. Merriam-Webster defines resilience as: 1 : the capability of a strained body […] Read More
I’m interested in linguistic shifts. We are in one of those moments right now with the word sustainability. More on that in a future post. […] Read More
I was at Winners/Home Sense with my friend Megan a couple weeks ago and spotted a lovely red pan, made in Italy. I am trying […] Read More
I was cross country skiing at Cypress last week – on one of those gorgeous blue sky days. I took a cocoa and muffin break […] Read More
As you might suspect, the name, Three Sisters Farm, was inspired by the Mayan (and other indigenous peoples) tradition of planting corn, squash and beans […] Read More
My friend Linda invited me over for a pizza making party. She is an amazing cook, once very active in the local Slow Food chapter […] Read More
A friend of mine gave me a Swedish dishcloth in my Christmas goodie package. Who knew there was such a thing? On the tag, I […] Read More
In the early 1990s, while living in Winnipeg, I began to experience early stirrings of environmentalism. I bought a book called The Canadian Green Consumer […] Read More
Can we have one of these in Vancouver, please? How about the steps that lead down from the Burrard Bridge to the Aquatic Centre? […] Read More