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Month: May 2013
In the Bookshed: Unlikely approaches
Kiss my Aster, Amanda Thomsen 2012 This is probably one of the most fun gardening books I’ve come across in a very long while – “a graphic guide to creating a fantastic yard totally tailored to you” which incorporates amusing drawings and humorous commentary… Continue Reading “In the Bookshed: Unlikely approaches”
Not all or nothing – sometimes (physical) change is effortless and incremental
A few weeks ago I read a blog post titled “All or nothing thinking will always (eventually) get you nothing” which was about how that particular axiom relates so well to diet and exercise approaches. How we set ourselves up to quit from the… Continue Reading “Not all or nothing – sometimes (physical) change is effortless and incremental”
In the Bookshed: Recipes for Good Living
The Four Season Farm Gardener’s Cookbook, Barbara Damrosch & Eliot Coleman 2012 This book has been sitting on my kitchen counter over the winter months, tantalizing not only the fresh-ingredients cook in me, but also the gardener. A two-in-one book, the first half of… Continue Reading “In the Bookshed: Recipes for Good Living”
These things also didn’t change last night……
Gah! Losing an election is so disheartening, frustrating, disempowering, depressing. No matter how you phrase it, I know a lot of sad people this morning and I too have been catastrophizing since the results were announced last night. But having lived through several governments… Continue Reading “These things also didn’t change last night……”
Renewing spring.
For those of you who don’t live in Vancouver – know this – we’ve been having incredible (and unusual) weather for the past couple of weeks. Which somewhat explains my absence from here – that and the fact that work has been kicking my… Continue Reading “Renewing spring.”
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