I saw this on Facebook recently, from The Unknown; but not hidden, with this beautiful photo by Hugh Sitton. I found the original blog post here. I thought it was worth repeating. So the story is that in this particular African tribe when someone behaves badly, gets involved in some […] Read More
Have you seen those Cottonelle TV commercials that try to make you feel unclean for not using flushable moist wipes in addition to toilet paper? Holy crap! As if flushing paper down the drain isn’t taxing enough for our sewer system, now we should add moist wipes as well? Waste […] Read More
I once tried to take my brother Don to kindergarten. I dressed him up in my blue crinoline and snuck him out the door and into the waiting carpool car. Mr. Sachowsky asked, “Are you supposed to have Donnie with you?” “Oh yes, I said, “I’m bringing him for show […] Read More
Last week I received an email from the Mayor of Vancouver about a study that was just released by KPMG “that demonstrates the urgent economic need for a new subway line on the UBC-Broadway corridor.” He says he is hoping I will help spread the word. Well, I will spread […] Read More
I’ve written about how I hate mending, so when I saw a notice for a mending meet-up, it really appealed to me. It was organized by Mary, a member of my Kits Village. She writes in her notice: Bring along that basket of clothes that need mending. Sit down, thread […] Read More
I’ve been trying to get to Festival du Bois for the last few years. This year, a friend and I planned to go opening day of this fun French festival. But, when we looked on the website, it didn’t seem like much was happening on Friday. Maillardville’s giant music festival […] Read More
For the last week or so I’ve been working on a group project for one of my courses on adult program planning. Each group was to immerse themselves in a specific planning model and then plan and conduct a 50 to 75 minute class. We would receive a group mark […] Read More
A few years ago I attended a workshop on networking put on by Vancouver Coastal Health for our network of food networks. The keynote speaker was Barbara McMillan. I’ll never forget the story she opened with. Her daughter Lauryn was working in a small village in Africa and had been […] Read More
Joyce Murray is my current federal member of parliament (MP). I do not belong to the Liberal Party of Canada, nor any political party for that matter, but I do think Joyce is doing a very good job representing us. She’s an advocate for the environment and climate change, an […] Read More
Last week Canadian Press contacted me to do an interview. They’d found my blog. And no they didn’t want to talk to me about food security, or find out if I was in the sustainability camp or the resilience camp. They didn’t even want to get advice on composting. They […] Read More