• If Romeo And Juliet Traveled Italy Today

    We were milling with other tourists in the shaded cul-de-sac under the putative Juliet's Balcony in Veron ...

    We were milling with other tourists in the shaded cul-de-sac under the putative Juliet's Balcony in Verona, replete with love locks, kissing couples, graffiti hearts pierced with Eros' arrows, pledges ...

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  • Bridging the Gap

    INSPIRED Magazine contributor Joan Boxall discusses her new book, published by Caitlin Press in May 2019: ...

    INSPIRED Magazine contributor Joan Boxall discusses her new book, published by Caitlin Press in May 2019:  DrawBridge: Drawing Alongside My Brother’s Schizophrenia by Joan Boxall Illustrations by ...

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  • Master Wood Carver: Hope's Pete Ryan

    Reasons abound for heading up the Fraser Valley to Harrison Hot Springs. This time, we attend the Interna ...

    Reasons abound for heading up the Fraser Valley to Harrison Hot Springs. This time, we attend the International Woodcarvers Competition in Hope, Canada’s Chainsaw Carving Capital. Before the big event ...

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  • Reboot - March 2019

    DR. FIORENZA ALBERT-HOWARD, a native of Rome who is descended from a long line of prominent Italian archi ...

    DR. FIORENZA ALBERT-HOWARD, a native of Rome who is descended from a long line of prominent Italian architects and engineers, was a pioneer in her fields of civic and computer engineering. “I was the ...

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  • Expanded Richmond Seniors Centre Now Open

    One of the BC’s largest seniors centres is now open in Richmond at the new Minoru Centre for Active Livin ...

    One of the BC’s largest seniors centres is now open in Richmond at the new Minoru Centre for Active Living. Set in beautiful Minoru Park in the heart of Richmond, the 33,000 square foot seniors centre ...

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  • Do You Really Want Someone to Complete You?

    Twice this week I had conversations with friends, 55+ both expressing the desire to find partners that wo ...

    Twice this week I had conversations with friends, 55+ both expressing the desire to find partners that would “complete” them. “Why do you want to be complete? And, why do you think another person coul ...

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  • The Ageless Beauty of Women

    Societal standards for what makes a woman beautiful constantly shift: heavy black eyeliner in Ancient Egy ...

    Societal standards for what makes a woman beautiful constantly shift: heavy black eyeliner in Ancient Egypt; white powdered faces in the 18th century; or a curvy feminine shape in the 1950s. Over the ...

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  • Reboot - January 2019

    THOR FROHN-NIELSEN has been tinkering with mechanics since he started dismantling anything that he could ...

    THOR FROHN-NIELSEN has been tinkering with mechanics since he started dismantling anything that he could find in his childhood home. “I’ve wanted to know what makes things work since I was four when I ...

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  • Reboot - November 2018

    PEPPA MARTIN sees the world through the frame of a photographer’s lens. “I am perpetually hungry to delig ...

    PEPPA MARTIN sees the world through the frame of a photographer’s lens. “I am perpetually hungry to delight the eye,” says the former advertising agency owner. “I needed to step aside from that and pu ...

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  • When Strangers Make Friends

    I love not knowing who I’m going to meet when I venture out – even in my own city. If you live in Victori ...

    I love not knowing who I’m going to meet when I venture out – even in my own city. If you live in Victoria, you may have wandered around the annual TD Art Gallery Paint-In (formerly the Moss Street Pa ...

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  • Visiting Florence

    When planning a visit to Florence, remember one critical fact: you are but one of 16 million people who d ...

    When planning a visit to Florence, remember one critical fact: you are but one of 16 million people who do so every year. The city boasts one of the world’s greatest collections of Renaissance art tre ...

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  • Cycling in Southern Quebec

    With eight spectacular bicycle routes stretching 5,000+ kilometres, Canada’s Belle Province lures eager c ...

    With eight spectacular bicycle routes stretching 5,000+ kilometres, Canada’s Belle Province lures eager cyclists like us. Having cycled in Quebec City, Montreal, through the Laurentians and around Lac ...

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  • Before & After - Suzanne Cascanette

    Suzanne Cascanette is a newcomer to Vancouver Island who works in international trade and is a Subject Ma ...

    Suzanne Cascanette is a newcomer to Vancouver Island who works in international trade and is a Subject Matter Specialist relating to Canada Customs rules and regulations. She is partnered with a globa ...

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  • Each Day is a Gift

    At 74, Darlene Marzari is a dynamo: attractive, vivacious and afire with activities of all sorts. Heads t ...

    At 74, Darlene Marzari is a dynamo: attractive, vivacious and afire with activities of all sorts. Heads turn when she enters a room because she walks fast, laughs a lot, wears classy, colourful clothe ...

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  • Artistic Activist

    Accomplished artist Hinda Avery expresses her deepest thoughts, fears and triumphs through her work. Best ...

    Accomplished artist Hinda Avery expresses her deepest thoughts, fears and triumphs through her work. Best known for her Resisterrrz series, which premiered in 2011 at the Martin Batchelor Gallery ...

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