• Hasta La Pasta and Other Reflections on Gardening

    Throughout my many decades of gardening, I have invented methods to put my signature on our little patch ...

    Throughout my many decades of gardening, I have invented methods to put my signature on our little patch of backyard earth. It started back in the forties when I was seven; I planted a tomato seed in ...

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  • Before & After: Joan Thompson

    Joan Thompson has a long road ahead – 8,000km long! The retired music teacher, writer, keen traveller and ...

    Joan Thompson has a long road ahead – 8,000km long! The retired music teacher, writer, keen traveller and dedicated volunteer will be hitting the road this month to cycle across Canada to raise awaren ...

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  • Off the Cuff by Design

    “Carve your own course on the sea, or risk being lulled by the wind and coerced by the current.” -Alfred ...

    “Carve your own course on the sea, or risk being lulled by the wind and coerced by the current.” -Alfred J. Beckwith If you have never commissioned or captained an enormous and beautiful yacht, you mi ...

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  • The Joy of Cruising Solo

    “I was alone with a suitcase and a reservation. And days to live however I chose” – Alone Time: Four Seas ...

    “I was alone with a suitcase and a reservation. And days to live however I chose” – Alone Time: Four Seasons, Four Cities, Stephanie Rosenbloom (2018) This was my first cruise experience as a nervous ...

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  • Chef Tojo: Bridging Cultures

    “Cooking is an art, but all art requires knowing something about the techniques and materials.” The phras ...

    “Cooking is an art, but all art requires knowing something about the techniques and materials.” The phrase is attributed to Nathan Myhrvold, the American author of the six-volume series Modernist Cuis ...

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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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  • Telling BC's Stories

    As someone who makes documentaries for a living, Charles Wilkinson is glad there’s a place like Knowledge ...

    As someone who makes documentaries for a living, Charles Wilkinson is glad there’s a place like Knowledge Network - not only as a showcase for his own carefully crafted films, but also for the work of ...

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  • Find Your Travel Style

    When asked what they’d like to do, most people over the age of 55 will tell you they want to travel more. ...

    When asked what they’d like to do, most people over the age of 55 will tell you they want to travel more. As someone who worked during high school so I could study and travel throughout Europe upon gr ...

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  • A Home for One and All

    Have you ever felt insecure about having a roof over your head? For more and more people – young and old ...

    Have you ever felt insecure about having a roof over your head? For more and more people – young and old – in Victoria and Vancouver, the concept of having a secure place to live is becoming an unatta ...

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