When I worked for City Farmer we ran a contest for the best food garden in Vancouver. We visited a lot of gardens and in […] Read More
Category: sustainability
A mind that is fast is sick. A mind that is slow is sound. A mind that is still is divine. – Meher Baba Somehow, in […] Read More
Having survived several Winnipeg winters, I know cold. But while I have seen tires freeze into cubes, I have never seen a wave freeze. Photographer […] Read More
I took a first aid course through work this week. I hadn’t had a refresher since my days as a lifeguard. A few things have […] Read More
Whatever you do, make it an offering to me – the food you eat, the sacrifices you make, the help you give, even your suffering. […] Read More
Our Mayor took part in the annual homeless count recently. The City had hoped to eliminate homelessness by 2015. Instead, they found 536 people sleeping […] Read More
Iranians celebrated the Persian New Year on Friday. Nowruz or “new day” is marked on the first day of spring. One of the Nowruz traditions […] Read More
A friend sent me this photo recently of me back in the day. He worked for BC Lotteries and I worked for the Western Canada […] Read More
As a child, my mother’s favourite book was A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter, published in 1909. So naturally I wanted to read […] Read More
I am reposting this in honor of Danny who passed away recently. Fourth Avenue is just not the same without him. This was first posted […] Read More