Honestly, it’s hard to think of a better antidote to cold, dreary, January days than a smoking-hot opera such as Carmen! And the Vancouver Opera Association has done a great job with this production —…
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So the numbers are in, and apparently January was at least as bad as I thought it was. A summary in The Vancouver Sun yesterday reported that we only had 6.5 hours of bright sunshine…
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Still foggy and icy here, and I’m thinking we need to have a Wet Chill Factor parallel to the Wind Chill Factor that brings those prairie temperatures so far into the basement. -5 Celsius doesn’t…
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We have been living in freezing fog for over a week now. Yesterday, fortunate enough to take in a reading by the visiting Saanich poet Philip Kevin Paul, I was mesmerized not only by the…
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A very heartwarming event today, of course, may demand a more celebratory meal, so the soup recipe I promised you might not be your choice for today. But when I get home from work tonight,…
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