Rise of the Ukulele
Ah, the poor ukulele, relegated to the kid’s table at the musical reunion, along with the recorder and the tambourine. Still, it is capable of bringing focus to a song Continue Reading →
Category Archives: inthenews
Disaster Planning
Last night, I was online when the quake hit Japan. I got the notice through Facebook and immediately switched to Twitter for real-time updates. We turned on TV for coverage Continue Reading →
What is an Urban Homesteader?
On our modest urban lot, in a home nearly 100 years old, we raise vegetables and fruit, we compost, we preserve what we grow, we repurpose castoff materials, we build, Continue Reading →
Stupidity TM
Today has been an interesting day to be watching fellow urban homestead-types get wound up into a tight ball of rage spiked with solidarity and mixed with a dash of Continue Reading →
CRTC, UBB, Shaw & Me
First of all, I want to make it clear: I do not have an issue with users of almost any service paying a fair market value for what they use Continue Reading →
Confounded Shaw
We’ve had Shaw internet and cable for many years. The only other option locally is Telus and frankly both businesses suck so even with all our moves, we’ve stayed with Continue Reading →
We’re Just Fine.
I was in the midst of a post full of the little things that irk me about travelling to Vancouver (and the surrounding region) but frankly, I had a fine Continue Reading →
National Podcast Day
(I tried to autopost this yesterday, but I guess the podcasts don’t carry over…) Because I should be doing other stuff, here’s a podcast in honour of National Podcasting Day. Music Continue Reading →
Cooks Source Mess
This morning Judith Griggs, the editor of Cooks Source Magazine released an official statement on what’s left of her website. In it she claims that her website and FB page Continue Reading →
Read a Banned Book
This week is American Library Association’s Banned Book Week, south of the border (the Canadian Library Association promotes Freedom to Read Week in February each year). I thought I would Continue Reading →