My hairbrush was falling apart, so I finally got a new one. I was happy to see that I could break the old one into its constituent parts. The handle and frame are made of hard plastic. There was a rubber piece that inserted into the frame, it held all […] Read More
I took the Greyhound bus up to the Okanagan for the Easter weekend. Both the Coquihalla (Highway 5) and Hope-Princeton (Highway 3) routes have been reduced to two trips a day: one around 6am and one around midnight. As if that weren’t bad enough, when you arrive, you are treated […] Read More
The UBC campus has been crawling with cranes and construction workers since I started school last fall. One project that is just about complete is University Boulevard with its storm water management features. The central water feature is a fountain that dances to the rhythm of life on campus, […] Read More
I spent last Sunday afternoon in the garden and away from school assignments. Putting my hands in the dirt is the best way I know to get out of my head. We had a fresh load of organic composted manure delivered a couple weeks ago at our first community garden […] Read More
I first saw this intriguing photo on Facebook. It’s from a series of four articles by Joe Clancy who looks at the role of Biophilia in landscape architecture. I had no idea what biophilia was, so I read the articles. Clancy defines the word, which I understand as our relationship […] Read More
I saw this photo on a Facebook site called Art & Sculpture. The site description says the photos are by Anil Bhimsaria, Sabrina Lewis and other professional photographers and artists. There was no credit for this one of Vietnamese locals carrying fish to a Saigon market on bicycles. The fish […] Read More
I saw these UBC recreation students climbing a wall on campus the other day. Apparently they are raising funds for cancer research. Then I saw the logos. There’s a growing body of evidence, yes scientific even, that links diet and cancer. I guess because UBC is only “A Place of […] Read More
I spotted this recycling station at the False Creek Community Centre. I love that the third bin – for everything that can’t go in the other two – is labeled landfill. It’s a good reminder that that’s where our garbage goes.
I love seeing front yards, backyards and boulevards full of food crops. But I admit that grass has its place; kids can’t run around on the garden. I am mystified by the attack on moss though. People spend a lot of money to try to rid their lawns of this […] Read More
I almost bit the dust today. I had just finished a run in the pouring rain along Kits Beach and was standing at the NW corner of Cornwall and Balsam waiting for the light to turn. I saw a black car barreling west along Cornwall Street. I glanced up, the […] Read More