This week we will discuss the bechamel sauce, the third of our mother sauces we are making. We’ve actually made four of these sauces already, but the brown sauce was not a focus when we made it. I will write another article on that. Tomato, espagnole (brown sauce), and bechamel sauce are the heavy hitters,… Read more »
University success demands a discipline that we all can learn. It could be argued that the students who claim honor’s degrees, scoring near-perfect GPAs, have two things going for them: (1) the right circumstances, such as plenty of free time for studies, and (2) mastery of study hacks. Let’s look at some study hacks for… Read more »
Album: Breakaway Artist: Kelly Clarkson When concluding a more personalized series like this, I imagine most writers would choose to leave their favourite—or at least, a deeply sentimental—topic for last. Considering how virtually every album I’ve discussed here has something either bold or bizarre going for it, my decision probably comes as a surprise to… Read more »
Dear Barb: As Christmas approaches I have been feeling more down than usual. I haven’t seen my parents for almost a year and my kids haven’t seen their grandparents. My parents both suffer from health issues and I don’t want to take the chance and put them at risk. We are doing zoom visits but… Read more »
One of my sweet nieces said the darndest thing to her Dad the other day. Having finished her special kiddie-sized bowl of ice cream she blithely asked for some ice cream. Not more ice cream—just ice cream. As if the first bowl had never happened. Her Dad replied with a no and explained that she’d… Read more »
Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi was a teacher, writer, medical doctor and was actively involved in the suffragist movement, publishing several articles. She was the first woman to study medicine at the University of Paris and the first woman to become a member of the Academy of Medicine. Jacobi was considered to be the leading female… Read more »
Can we possibly identify with students plagued by exam anxiety, students so spacey during tests that just signing one’s name, reading the first question, and circling a single multiple choice answer takes the brunt of thirty minutes? What about the study nights where students feel so overwhelmed, so anxiety-riddled, that nine hours go by without… Read more »
Album: Synchronicity Artist: The Police After essentially turning my entire basement upside down in the name of music, I have had a difficult time deciding what would be my penultimate entry for this series. I suppose leaving my favourite new wave band, the Police, for last would’ve been more suitable, but I’ve got something else… Read more »
Dear Barb: Hi, I am in a terrible situation and I’m not sure what to do. My husband and I have been married for five years and we recently decided to try to have a baby. We had wanted to wait until we finished school and were established in our careers, which is where we… Read more »
Why are we here? Mars glows red as it traverses a starry abyss with the moon in tow. Sitting outside on an autumn night, amidst Goliath Mulleins, ideas about meaning bubble to the surface of my mind. What feelings guide their trail and where do they lead? Like a zephyr breeze through dried tumbleweeds the… Read more »