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DIY Chinese Crepe (Jianbing)

Chinese Crepe is a staple within many areas of China as a popular breakfast item. They are known for its quick and easy ingredients and steps. Many vendors along the side of the road offer this quick snack or breakfast fix. Usually it can be made in a few minutes and boasts some incredible textures… Read more »

John “Duke” Wayne in the Golden Age of Hollywood

The most famous cowboy of all, John “Duke” Wayne, was best described in comments that were made after his passing, as being someone that embodied what the masses wished that cowboy history was all about. A great actor with humble beginnings, Wayne’s journey was full circle, from humble beginnings and growing up in a small… Read more »

Book Review—The Practice: Shipping Creative Work

Kind of like colourful post-it notes that deliver us short, helpful reminders to stay on track, Seth Godin’s The Practice: Shipping Creative Work (Portfolio/Penguin, 2020) presents quick, and sometimes hard-hitting, notes of motivation and truth about the two most important mindsets needed for creative work: a) the practice of showing up day after day and… Read more »

The Foreign Interference Commission–Part III

On April 8, 2024, stage one, week three of the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Process and Democratic Institutions (The Commission) began.  The three days of hearings featured testimonies provided by senior public servants, parliamentary advisors, Ministers, and the Prime Ministers. Senior public servants are invaluable during “writ periods”. During the thirty-seven… Read more »

Diplomacy in the 21st Century Through A German Lens

“Sensibility”, “restraint”, and “cooperation” are words that would likely never get attributed to the Germany of the 1900s after what transpired during World War 1 (WW1) and World War 2 (WW2).  Instead, words that would have been more closely associated with that Germany would likely have been words like “radical”, “war”, and “extermination”.  Some of… Read more »

Cities in Six: Stockholm, Sweden

Stately Stockholm is the capital of Sweden and its most populous city.  The city is spread across fourteen islands in southeast Sweden, adjacent to the Baltic Sea.  There has been settlement in the area since at least the Stone Age.  Thirty kilometres west of the city is the Viking-age trading centre of Birka, which was… Read more »

Traditional Chinese Tea Eggs Recipe at Home

One of my favorite breakfast items as a child was homemade tea eggs made by my grandmother.  She would always advocate its health benefits alongside its incredible fragrance and flavor.  When she made tea eggs for the household, the entire home would fill with the aroma of herbs and spices making my mouth water.  Recently,… Read more »