Happy April! I can’t believe winter is coming to an end. The warm weather is slowly creeping up on us as all the snow melts away. Many of us are planning for spring and summer plans while managing school and work. For me, I’ve been busy keeping my six-month-old puppy busy while I try to… Read more »
Hi, Barb, I have a situation and I don’t know how to resolve it. My husband and I have been married for 9 years and, honestly, the relationship has never been easy, but we stuck with it. But now it is becoming draining. We can’t talk about anything. Everything I bring up is a trigger… Read more »
The buzz and hubbub of inchoate spring, a season born in fits and starts, between hail and frost, parallels our academic potential. Besides rushing to and fro, tidying and maintaining yard and garden, the season of rebirth is a great time to lean on a metaphysical rake and take stock of that flourishing enterprise we… Read more »
This week I made spatchcock chicken. Perhaps you’ve heard of it and wondered why someone would do that, or maybe you have no clue what it means. Either way, I will dispense with explanations with haste. First, consider the modern chicken. Thanks to some genetic modification and selective breeding, today’s chickens are larger than they… Read more »
From my early beginnings as a young introvert, the public library has always been a bit of a refuge. Years later, not much has changed, albeit with an additional affinity for endless hours spent scouring second-hand bookstores to add to my ever-growing “to-read” pile. From one bookworm to another, this column will be underscoring and… Read more »
Hi Barb: I’m in my late 20s and grew up in a rather traditional family. Most of my life I followed my parent’s wishes, focused on school, volunteer, and now work. I’ve never come across someone I really liked until about a year ago. We initially started dating to understand if we were a good… Read more »
From my early beginnings as a young introvert, the public library has always been a bit of a refuge. Years later, not much has changed, albeit with an additional affinity for endless hours spent scouring second-hand bookstores to add to my ever-growing “to-read” pile. From one bookworm to another, this column will be underscoring and… Read more »
What matters most in life? If you’ve been asked by friends or family “what the matter is,” or been confronted with claims that you possess too much of a scowl for your own good, or that dreaded resting bitch face, you know that matter is more than a physicist’s imaginary landscape of facts, figures, and… Read more »
Sports films led by women characters often integrate supplementary themes such as growing up, overcoming prejudice, and/or falling in love. It’s not every day, however, that we see one addressing the protagonist’s struggle to not only make it as an athlete, but also to reconcile the cultural differences she stands between. In the highest-grossing soccer… Read more »
With Spring in full swing and the snow melting here in Edmonton, it’s getting closer and closer to grilling season. This week I created my own steak spice, in part out of need and in part because I’ve always wanted to make my own steak spice. This mixture is a balanced combination of sweet, savory,… Read more »