I heard this story earlier this week and it totally blew my mind. Vancouver media person KK (who knows me somehow) has an autistic son who lives far away with his mother. The son is eight years old, and was never able to speak or communicate with anyone ( Read more... )

I realized a couple days ago that I have a slight feeling of inadequacy because I was never an English major. As a result, I have not studied Shakespeare or read many of the classics. This has informed my reading habits for the past few years, as I have tried to read more classics. I also got my Shakespeare on this summer by seeing three plays, ( Read more... )

One of the kids in my writing group asked me a very interesting question today. We were talking about passions and how your passions often become a part of your fiction. Many of the kids in the group are interested in history and like to set their stories in historical times ( Read more... )

But there she is and I am watching her through the Plexiglas and she looks like Margo Roth Spiegelman, this girl I known since I was two- this girl who was an idea that I loved ( Read more... )

I am very surprised that I do not have dreams about food security. Right now I'm doing my final assignment for my food security course. I'm writing about malting barley and increasing malt quality. I'm reading "End of Food" by Paul Roberts and thinking about going to see "The Sustainable Table" at my coffee shop tonight ( Read more... )

I seem to get razor burn from all razors except disposable razors. Does anyone else have this problem? Is there a razor that you can recommend for me?

I flew back from Edmonton yesterday. While I was standing at the baggage carousel, I noticed a child's treadmill going around the track. This "toy" is to teach children how to exercise. It comes with a heart rate monitor, and stops when the kid stops walking ( Read more... )

My friend McKay has asked me to share some of my learnings about the food and agricultural crisis, which has brought me to create this post. This is off the top of my head ( Read more... )

My chef cousin is marrying her chef boyfriend and they're moving to Spain together.

Perhaps creativity and a love for adventure run in the genes...

While I was recovering from my 21 km, I ended up watching two documentaries that I'd recommend ( Read more... )