According to studies reported on the National Wildlife Federation’s website the nature of childhood has changed. There’s not a whole lot of nature in it. THE TRUTH IS: children spend half as much time outdoors as they did 20 years ago, children who play outside are more physically active, less aggressive and show better concentration, [...]
I may have been hiding under a rock, or actually more like a pile of dirty diapers since I had my baby a few months ago, but it had not really sunk in yet until yesterday that the new dog management plan in Lynn Headwaters Park had gone into effect on January 1, 2013 and [...]
I was just reading a letter to the local paper from a concerned mother about her children’s welfare while they were out and about on their own in her North Vancouver neighbourhood and it really made me stop and think. It was not that she was overly concerned for their safety, it was that she [...]
There are so many compelling reasons to get your kids involved in charity events that include fitness, fun, music, friends and fundraising. For one- If you love to be outside and be active here’s a way to enjoy that with your kids. I am super excited for the day when I can go out for [...]
Some mornings, when you have an energetic one-year old dog waiting to go outside, are a drag. That’s the honest truth. Even on one of the most beautiful mornings of the year so far, the idea of lacing up my trail shoes and heading out with the dog is exhausting. Add in the fact that [...]
There are so many things that make the North Shore special. So much natural beauty, distinctive neighbourhoods, a sense of community, and, even better, fascinating people. One of those fascinating people, Michelle Sevigny, has been on my radar for awhile since I first heard about her company, DOGSAFE Canine First Aid, many years ago and [...]
Hi! You probably don’t remember me because I wrote a post in late August and then…poof… disappeared. Like that. Into thin air. Mea Culpa. Two things happened all at once that turned my life around so fast I started to go backwards. The wind wasn’t beneath my wings but blasting me head on, like I [...]
Late summer and early fall marks the return of 2 salmon species back to our waters: the Pink and the Coho. In conjunction with both events there are festivals and delicious BBQ’s for the whole family plus a gorgeous 14km run from Kitsilano to Ambleside in West Vancouver to mark the Coho Festival. With record [...]
So for a few years I lived in Strathcona, a great, funky and artistic neighbourhood on Vancouver’s East Side close to Chinatown. This was a small pocket of a neighbourhood but it practically burst with creative artists of all kinds and mediums. One highlight of living there was being in the heart of the Eastside [...]
Spring is Nature’s Way of Saying, “Let’s Party” -Robin Williams Ah Spring. How I’ve missed you. It’s been way, way too long since I’ve written here and I’m blaming it on Winter. Winter and I had a falling out and weren’t talking for awhile. I had nothing good to say about it and it wasn’t [...]