You don’t have to frequent Edmonton’s Whyte Avenue or Calgary’s Red Mile to live the wild life. In fact, you don’t even have to live in a big city. You can live on my farm one short hour northeast of Edmonton. I’m not sure what exactly is going on but my encounters with wildlife seem… Read more »
Recently, I had the opportunity to attend an event at the Saville Centre in Edmonton. The investment was 80 dollars and one day of my life. But who can measure the benefits? I was exposed to wisdom, humour, and some of the most influential speakers in the U.S. Through simulcast technology, hundreds of locations around… Read more »
Do you remember the age of innocence? I’m not talking about some long-forgotten era of old. I’m talking about when we were young, when life was simpler. If You’re a male baby boomer chances are you were a young adult in the 1970s. Do you remember primping for a date or a night out with… Read more »
Occasionally–okay, every chance I get–I use this space to promote reading, lifelong learning, investing in numero uno. I believe trite little phrases like ?I’m the CEO of Me Incorporated.? I believe that regardless of how we earn our living, all of us are in sales. We are all selling ourselves all the time. I’ve invested… Read more »
After the longest winter of our lives and a spring that came in fits and starts, I finally got to spend some time in my garden during the long weekend. Because we live on a farm our yard is huge, with multiple flower beds, many trees, and grass galore. The early onset of winter and… Read more »
Regular readers of ?From Where I Sit? may remember a past column about the growing issue of rudeness and incivility. From inconsiderate cellphone users to road rage to the epidemic of f*** you, we’ve seen it all, been on the receiving end, and, heaven forbid, may have been an offender. In this update, I’m sorry… Read more »
Years ago in an art class I was taking the instructor challenged us to do a self-portrait. I chose to do acrylic on canvas roughly 30 inches by 24 inches in size. In a few loose purple brushstrokes I did a stylized, abstract impression of a female torso. In what even now, 12 or 15… Read more »
Unless you’ve been living under a rock or have just awakened from a coma, It’s a safe bet you’ve heard about The Secret. Or read the bestseller. Or watched the DVD. Or all of the above. Having some of the contributors on the Oprah show to plug the book ensured its bestselling future. Critics have… Read more »
The call for proposals, the short list of five designs, and the eventual awarding of the new Edmonton art gallery project several months ago continue to grab headlines as costs have ballooned to 88 million dollars. The change in the province’s top political office to salt-of-the-earth Ed Stelmach has the arts and culture community wondering… Read more »
Harlequin Enterprises is a publisher of romance novels. I think the first and last time I had one in my hands was 1973. That lack of current knowledge about the product and its umpteen variations hasn’t stopped me from mocking the stereotypical formulaic writing. In the past I’ve written about heaving breasts and throbbing loins… Read more »