Month: <span>March 2021</span>

It’s your lucky day because you don’t have to search for the pot of gold under the rainbow for this winning recipe. Throw out the old Irish classics and sweeten things up this year with some mint chocolate chip fun. If you’re in a crunch for St. Patrick’s Day and need something glowing with green,...

The real estate market in Saskatoon is off to a hot start! The number of sales in January 2021 are up more than 26 per cent over January 2020, and the inventory is down by over 40 per cent. What this means for sellers is that if your house is priced right you will be...

If goaltending quality were used to rate the Canadian teams in the National Hockey League, mark the Montreal Canadiens down as the presumptive champion of the North Division this summer. As the seven teams approached the one-third mark of the 56-game regular season, with nary a postponement due to COVID-19 (as teams in the other...

I remember watching the track and field championships at my Saskatoon high school when I was in Grade 9. The year was 1969. The track meet was the qualifying event for the city championships. Aden Bowman Collegiate owned the city title in those days. I remember being enthralled watching a girl, as we said in...

I had been hearing a lot of buzz around a new book, Flat Out Delicious, by author Jenn Sharp and photographer Richard Marjan. Intrigued, I requested a copy from the library this past fall. Once I received the book, it didn’t take long for me realize that this was a book that needed to be...

A chocolate, banana, and oatmeal smoothie is a warm smoothie for those cold mornings and also a delicious way to start your morning strong with a good balance of protein and complex carbs. The combination of tryptophan and vitamin B in bananas and oats helps your mood regulation and the production of serotonin which will...

Do you want to see your grandkids get married? Do you want to walk the Camino de Santiago trail? Maybe you want to learn to play tennis? I think everyone has a list with items like these on it. The “bucket list” idea is a fun way to make plans or just daydream. It’s so...

Satchel Paige, the great ballplayer in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball (with the Cleveland Indians in 1948), had a career that spanned five decades and launched him into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He had immense talent — and was smart about making nutritional choices that kept him healthy. One example of his...

GARDENS Four Seasons Although I am not a big trend follower, I do like to check out the current and upcoming garden trends at the start of each year. Some trends I get pumped about and some I even invent myself. So, I will start by going over each of the five I find most...

Anyone remember holidays? Anyone? Perhaps I should first note that holidays, and I mean real vacations, are probably not at the top of the gotta-do list for most folks. Nor should they be. I’m sure you’re aware of the cabinet ministers and various other officials who have been roundly slapped and/or fired and/or not-reelected for...