I love working in Chinatown with all the gorgeous and colourful tropical fruits displayed in the markets. Orange persimmons, garnet pomegranates, and the exotic, pink and green Dragon Fruit. This aptly named fruit is also called pitahaya, from the genus Hylocereus – the fruits of several cactus species grown in […] Read More
Song sheet available on line. All resting notes. Music to my ears.
I have tried to get in to see the Theory of Everything at the Cineplex 5th Avenue Cinema four times in the last 3 weeks. Gone are the days when people queued up at my neighbourhood theatre to get their tickets, chatting with other theatre goers in line. Everyone buys […] Read More
A couple of beautiful scenes from Greece thanks to Green Renaissance on Facebook. Air Patio – Greece. Stone traditional mountain house applying natural hand-made materials respecting the traditional architecture and the environment of Mount Pelion, Greece. By Dimitris Philippitzis Suspended Cliff Garden at Meteora, Greece. Photo: Whilome via 1001 Gardens
Simon Fraser has an interesting talk on Sustainable Transportation coming up as well as a series of Bike Cafés. Check it out. SFU Philospopher’s Café and The City Program are pleased to introduce a series of Bike Cafés, which will take place along major commuter cycling routes at cyclist friendly […] Read More
Yesterday Christians celebrated the feast of “epiphany.” The day primarily commemorates the visit of the Three Magi to the baby Jesus, revealing his Christ nature to the world. Catholics traditionally take their Christmas tree down the day after Epiphany. In honour of this feast, I thought I’d post something from […] Read More
I was working on my thesis all day. What kept me going was the thought of sinking into the hot tub at the Aquatic Centre late afternoon and getting a good shoulder massage with the powerful jets. But when I got there, the hot tub was semi-disabled. There was a […] Read More
Watch out Philadelphia Flyers, the Kitsilano Gulls have scored some extra ice time.
Many years ago I recall telling a Metro Van staffer that if they really wanted people to compost, they should ban organics from the landfill. She laughed. Not going to happen. Well lookee here. Although with all this infrastructure and convenient pick up, sadly the numbers of backyard composters are […] Read More
Love this experiment from Eckhart Tolle. In other words, “Give and it will be given.” Try this for a couple of weeks and see how it changes your reality: Whatever you think people are withholding from you—praise, appreciation, assistance, loving care, and so on —give it to them. You don’t […] Read More