A month or so ago, the San Francisco Weekly published an article called The 10 Coolest Specialty Food and Drink Magazines. In that list are two magazines that write about beer, at least in a cursory manner.The magazine Imbibe...
Read More“Yukoners are definitely hitting above their weight,” polar scientist David Hik told Claire Eamer after the Canadian Science Writers’ Association (CSWA) presented her with the Science in Society Youth Book...
Read MoreIt’s full-on summer. Kids are out of school; Canada Day is past and every weekend from now until the end of August will be packed with the warm-weather activities we all love but have such a short time to enjoy.Seems...
Read MorePosters around town advertise the Actors Intensive Weekend Workshop as “From New York to the Yukon”.Why is “New York” in the headline?”Classically, we think of New York as a method,” says...
Read MoreCrystal Light has become my new best friend.You see, you can take your mundane water right from the tap and, one powdery package later, you have one instant ticket to flavour country! Even as my two fingers scurry across the...
Read MoreIt’s chicken-butchering time again …This is a part of farming that is definitely hard work. It starts a day or so before the actual butcher date with the set-up of the equipment: a kill site, a scalder, a plucker, an...
Read MoreMost of me loves the twisties. There is a small part of me that is disappointed with the fact that I don’t always do them justice. I get the feeling I am just going too slow.We are talking about curves, corners, bends...
Read MoreVal Hodgson has painted a portrait of Bob Atkinson, Willow Bob, in oils.Atkinson is affectionately known as “Willow Bob” for the bent-willow chairs and other rustic furniture he makes.A portrait in oils is...
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