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Day 334 – Ahhh…I Love this Place

Vancouver just ranked high on the livability scale again. This year we came in 5th – the best among Canadian cities.  At lunchtime I went for a short walk in the gorgeous weather that today offered up. I wandered down to the waterfront and, as usual, looked across the water to North Vancouver and, yet again, am thankful for the…

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Day 333 – Frazzled?

333/365 (Nov 29, 2011) – A little bit. But not for any reason you’d think of. I woke up this morning from one of those dreams that is so vivid. In this dream I was teaching a class and when I arrived at the room I was missing a piece of equipment. Kirk ran home to get it for me.…

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Day 332 – Not January Yet…

…so I can still trust them. I remember a book I came across years ago title “Can you trust a tomato in January? The hidden life of groceries revealed at last” So many foods I love can be found in the produce section at this time of year, but they are missing one key thing – flavour! These little hothouse…

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Day 331 – Today is Brought to you by the Letter “G” and the “Number 1″

331/365 (Nov 27, 2011) – A historical day. Today the BC Lions brought the Grey Cup to Vancouver and took it home. They started out on a 5-0 losing streak, then somehow came back to not only fight for the final game, but take it home on home field. Only the 6th time in 99 years of Grey Cup history.…

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Roasted Baked Potato and Garlic Soup

It’s “Soup Sunday” again, and my inspiration came from someone else’s (Afton’s) recently posted soup recipe. We had a pretty empty cupboard so a trip to Granville Island was in order. It goes something like this: olive oil 6 russet potatoes 3 heads of garlic 2 or 3 large leeks 8 cups chicken stock 2 really good quality black forest…

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Day 330 – A Bright Spot in an Otherwise Dull Day

We are under rainfall warnings again. Sort of goes with the territory living on the “Wet” Coast. The weather changes so fast on the coast. From sun to rain like flicking a light switch. That’s OK though, if you can’t handle rain you shouldn’t live here. When I first moved here the rain depressed me. Coming from the North, I…

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North Island Gazette – Salmon face worse threat than ISA

A wonderful article I stumbled on a few days ago. Regardless of who wrote it, it highlights the ridiculous buy-in that some extremists manage to get from normally, and otherwise, intelligent people. And there was a wonderful surprise in the comments that followed the article – an intelligent response from a former student. _____________________________________ North Island Gazette – Salmon face…

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47-52-2011: Barriers

What barriers get in your way? In many cases I bet they aren’t as significant as you think. So many of us take the most basic things for granted. We lose sight of the simple luxuries that we have in our endless quest to acquire more money, more stuff, more experiences. Step back for a moment and take in the…

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Day 329 – Duck Pond at Iono Beach

When Mother Nature throws a stellar day at you at the end of November, and when that stellar weather coincides with your day off…. what else is there to do but go for a motorcycle ride? I waited until it warmed up a bit, layered up with thermal stuff, donned the gear, and had a fabulous ride around town, out…

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Day 328 – Magical Marketing

Have you ever been so absolutely taken by a marketing scheme that you thought was not only funny, but downright brilliant? If you are Canadian you will recognize this. If you aren’t Canadian, you will have missed out on this little nugget or marketing ingenuity. A few years ago a marketing intern with Post Foods Canada was thinking about advertising…

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