Yesterday my son went to the Dry Spot indoor skatepark in Vancouver and spent nearly an hour psyching himself up to "drop in" on this ramp in the picture. He said he felt "scared as all hell" when he decided to try it.
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Warm weather means going outside to share food and good times. That means not a lot of time to be inside blogging. Here in this photo is Dave Dawson playing music with our neighbour friends at our housing co-op in East Vancouver. We share a lot of meals outside during the season of good...
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Soccer mom? Hockey mom? No thanks. I don’t want to get up at 5 a.m., spend half a fortune on gear, and cart around a bunch of sticky, chopped up oranges. I’m a skater mom – and I don’t mean a mom who rides a skateboard (though I have tried it). I keep a...
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In this photo, Dave is doing “neurobics” – even though he doesn’t realize it at the time. Doing a jigsaw puzzle is a type of mental activity some call “neurobics.” Scientists who study aging – called gerontologists (in case you didn’t already know that) – say our brains are strengthened when we do things...
Tags: aging, brain fitness, dementia, friends, memory, old age, senior citizens, social
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Their white fluff has been in the air for the past few days. Now the dandelion seeds are nestled – so fertile – into the soil and patchy lawns of my neighbourhood. Nearby you see the rubbery stems of last year’s crew. Wind dispersal of seeds Known in some circles as “Prince in Pauper’s...
Tags: dandelion benefits, dandelion tea, lawn care, lawn control, lawn gardening, lawn killer, weed lawn
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Parking for cars is pretty tight – but if you’re coming to the market on your bicycle, Geoffrey Vincent will set you up with a free, safe, and secure spot in his enclosed bike lot. Geoffrey is program coordinator for The Bicycle Valet, run by Better Environmentally Sound Transportation (BEST). This three-year-old program encourages...
Tags: bike riding, car impound, city parking, market farmers, parking fines
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Thanks to the new Robert Lee YMCA in downtown Vancouver for this excellent prize. I am so stoked!!! I need exercise and activity so much, and so does my son. Actually, we all do, but it’s too easy to be sedentary, especially when we work at computers. Winning the prize I got the great...
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It’s been a great day of stories and ideas at Northern Voice 2010 in Vancouver – and I’m looking forward to more tomorrow. The hour is late, so I will share one story that really sticks with me. It’s the story of blogger Kimli Welsh – creator of Delicious Juice Dot Com – and...
Tags: #nv10
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