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Mondelez in their continuing takeover of old, trusted brands taste different to bad. The latest: Christie’s Fig Newtons. Formerly a classic, now frightfully inedible! You have been warned.

The Textbook Author (1980-2007) with over 1 million copies sold of senior high English titles and Conference Presenter (1980-2010) with appearances in 6 Canadian provinces The Teenage Heart-Throb and Romantic (grade 9 here) The Thinker (Vancouver, Stanley Park) The Cyclist … Continue reading →

Butter Rum Lifesavers–my favorite Lifesavers. (Available at Strathcona Antique Mall in Edmonton.)

Hot cross buns in March. (Available at Safeway’s/Sobey’s.)

Yellow Daffodils

Green crème de menthe pie! A St. Pat’s wonder! Second-best: Green crème de menthe over vanilla ice cream! Simply decadent.

Possibilities Matter Process Matters Personal Choices Matter Freedom Matters Being an Individual Matters Language Matters Thinking Matters Education Matters Knowing Oneself Matters Consciousness Matters Sensibility Matters Spirit Matters/Soul Matters Music Matters Poetry Matters Love Matters Friendship Matters Family Matters Nature … Continue reading →

The Luck of the Irish, 1948 in black-and-white or tinted green (Irish sections-garish green, New York black-and-white). A beautiful Tyrone Power plays the perspicacious journalist Steven Fitzgerald, who, unknowingly encounters Horace, a leprechaun while visiting Ireland. Curious about the pookah, … Continue reading →

Benvenuto! The beautiful world-famous Butchart Gardens in May with minimal tourists, again. Best gardens in Canada. One of Canada’s seven wonders, easily. This is one of the best examples of (wo)man-made beauty and natural creativity I can think of. Built … Continue reading →