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    David Vest: Still A Blues Master

    How long can a piano player’s fingers keep tickling those ivories? How long can he continue to belt out b ...

    How long can a piano player’s fingers keep tickling those ivories? How long can he continue to belt out blues tunes to packed houses? How long can he win awards and write songs? Surely it must slow do ...

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    Napoleon's Paris: His Life, His Legacy

    In Paris, Arc de Triomphe acclaims Napoleon Bonaparte France’s most renowned leader. Marble friezes repre ...

    In Paris, Arc de Triomphe acclaims Napoleon Bonaparte France’s most renowned leader. Marble friezes represent his key victories. Thirty shields highlight battles where he passionately defended the new ...

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    Before & After: Sheila Blake

    Landscape photographer Sheila Blake has undertaken some big adventures in her life, not the least of whic ...

    Landscape photographer Sheila Blake has undertaken some big adventures in her life, not the least of which was immigrating to Canada from the UK as a newlywed in 1966. The marriage may not have lasted ...

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    Janet Austin: For Queen and Country

    Tucked away behind the rhododendrons, hostas and hellebores two-and-a-half kilometres west of the Legisla ...

    Tucked away behind the rhododendrons, hostas and hellebores two-and-a-half kilometres west of the Legislative Assembly, Victoria’s Government House is a local landmark. The surrounding gardens featuri ...

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    Reboot - April 2019

    JIM HARCOTT says it was his dad who advised both him and his brother to transition into retirement instea ...

    JIM HARCOTT says it was his dad who advised both him and his brother to transition into retirement instead of going “cold turkey.” And that’s exactly what the former Vancouver teacher did. Post retire ...

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    Cynthia Dale: Entertainment's Triple Threat

    “I’m the lowly producer. That’s what they call me. I’m learning.” Actor Cynthia Dale, well-known for her ...

    “I’m the lowly producer. That’s what they call me. I’m learning.” Actor Cynthia Dale, well-known for her mastery of stage, screen and television, reflects on her new role. Not only is she the lead in ...

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    I Walk Alone

    When asked how he felt about growing old, a 50-year-old acquaintance said, “I didn't think I was going to ...

    When asked how he felt about growing old, a 50-year-old acquaintance said, “I didn't think I was going to live past 18… so every day is just one big miserable surprise. I doubt if it will be much diff ...

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    Strategies to Build Resiliency

    Marilyn is 55 years old, works part-time in retail and has two teens at home. She currently cares for her ...

    Marilyn is 55 years old, works part-time in retail and has two teens at home. She currently cares for her partner who has chronic pain and a brain injury from a motor vehicle accident. She feels like ...

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    If I Could Save Time in a Bottle

    “If I could save time in a bottle… If I could make days last forever If words could make wishes come true ...

    “If I could save time in a bottle… If I could make days last forever If words could make wishes come true I'd save every day like a treasure and then…” As we move once again through the last month of ...

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    Louise Penny: From the Great Silence to Fame

    Louise Penny makes writing best-selling books look easy. After all, since she published her first mystery ...

    Louise Penny makes writing best-selling books look easy. After all, since she published her first mystery novel, Still Life, 13 years ago, she's banged out an amazing book a year in her Armand Gamache ...

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    Getting Your Affairs in Order

    My brother-in-law, Kevin, passed away unexpectedly at the relatively young age of 59. He never married an ...

    My brother-in-law, Kevin, passed away unexpectedly at the relatively young age of 59. He never married and did not have any children, and much to our dismay, we discovered after he died that he did no ...

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    Mr. Dressed Up

    “If you can lose your head while all about are keeping theirs, you will be a mannequin.” Kipyard Rudling ...

    “If you can lose your head while all about are keeping theirs, you will be a mannequin.” Kipyard Rudling What better way to get dressed than to have someone else dress you? I’m not sure, but I don’t t ...

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    Letting Go

    Remember what it was like being newly married and setting up your first home, excited and eager to begin ...

    Remember what it was like being newly married and setting up your first home, excited and eager to begin building a lifetime of precious memories? The thought of growing old seemed so far away. But ti ...

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    Panama Snowbird: Not in Arizona Anymore

    From under the shade of the front porch roof, we watched a woman pick a starfruit from a tree in the chur ...

    From under the shade of the front porch roof, we watched a woman pick a starfruit from a tree in the churchyard across the street. A chicken crossed the road. Latin music sang out from a nearby house. ...

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    Reboot September 2018

    JAMIE ANN MAURO returned to Vancouver and took up urban farming in her backyard after more than 20 succes ...

    JAMIE ANN MAURO returned to Vancouver and took up urban farming in her backyard after more than 20 successful years as a jazz performer in Germany and Spain’s luxury hotels. The vivacious musician say ...

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