On my bike ride to do groceries on a late September day, I heard splashing coming from The Pretty River and realized the Chinook Salmon were spawning and wandered down to spend the next hour watching incredible feats of determination as the salmon leapt over one shale step after another on their way north to spawn in the gravel beds and large deep pools found in the river and its tributaries. The Pretty River, which runs right past our house,…
This summer has been a good one for backyard visitors. This beautiful black swallowtail butterfly showed up last week looking for some sun on our mulch bed when I noticed him…
On Sunday mornings I usually have a bowl of oatmeal with blueberries, banana and a scoop of Oikos high protein vanilla yogurt. I find it comfort food. I like the whole…
This summer, while doing some garden clean-up, I came across this tiny exquisite nest in one of our trees and did some research on what bird could build such a fine…
I’ve spent a lot of time over the last six years re-thinking what’s really important to me and the life I share with Yim. If there was one thing a diagnosis…
As we continue along our plant based journey, I continue to look for meals that we enjoy enough to make again and again. Recently I made this cauliflower recipe I found…
I thought that a post featuring some chronological photos of the past seventy years would be a fun thing to look back at. I was born in NDG in Montreal on…
Sulforaphane is something I started to read about during my cancer recovery period. It is a naturally occurring isothiocyanate derived from cruciferous vegetables and reported to inhibit the growth of a variety of…
Yim and I met at a party in Montreal, which was being held by mutual friends, in an old warehouse along the Lachine Canal in March of 1998. For those of…
