There are many ways to demonstrate our love for our companion animals. One of my favorites is a technique called Tellington Touch (TTouch®), which I used on my devoted senior dog...
Staying Healthy in Winter
Winter, a wonderful part of the year, can also create some serious health challenges for us. These can be due to both stress and an unhealthy diet. More than any other time of year,...
Your Shape
Once upon a time there was a woman who weighed 273 pounds. Always a chunky child and teenager, she had gradually dieted and gained all the way up to this weight. Throughout the years,...
Interview with Shine Edgar
Vancouver Island seems to draw gifted individuals, particularly artists and otherwise right-brain geniuses, who resonate with the beauty of nature, the slower rhythm and the sheer...
Let’s Teach Kids Philosophy
Walking through an elementary school hallway the day after Halloween, I felt sucked through a vortex of uniformly decorated orange and black bulletin boards meant, I suppose, to “showcase...
North Island Regional Hospital Plan Hits Another Brick Wall
It’s hard to believe that it’s been more than two years now since the Victoria-based Vancouver Island Health Authority used an open-house, one-way informational session...
Book Review: Ride Backwards on Dragon
Ride Backwards on Dragon is a gift of words from a time of silence. Ride Backwards on Dragon is what happened when professional non-fiction author, Kim Goldberg, fell from voice and...
Book Reviews
The Discipline of Undressing K. Louise Vincent (Leaf Press) ISBN 978-0-9783879-0-7 Only Breath Jami Sieber & Kim Rosen (Out Front Music) ASIN B000W4KST2 In the midst of reading...
Women, Wisdom and Dance
The Art & History of Belly Dance First I hear the deep drumming of the Doumbek. Then I hear the melodious reed flute and oud, and then laughter and Zagareet (trilling) of women....
Book Review: Five Love Languages
You may be saying to yourself: "Another book on love? I’ll pass! I’ve read enough on how to fix myself so she will love me; how to look, what to say and do to keep...
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