Let’s just get over Justin’s hair. Yes, it’s amazing but I really need to obsess about my own hair. Obviously, there’s going to be very little obsessing about husband Frank’s hair when he never experiences imminent need to visit a barber. Right now, I tell him he should be grateful for the gene pool that rendered him as follicle challenged....
And with the first pick, the Penguins select . . .
The system the NHL used for its draft lottery sucked. And I am not saying that just because I am a poor-sport Detroit Red Wings fan, although it plays a factor. In a year with 24 teams in the playoffs, why wouldn’t the bottom seven get picks one to seven in the draft. Have a draw among these teams for...
We’re too quickly approaching election season
This month you get two columns for the price of one! Hopefully by the time you’ve read this “Junetember,” as a friend of mine dubbed the chilly weeks that tormented the province last month, is a memory and we’re well into the golden, warm days of July. September feels like a million years away. Except it’s not. Perhaps that’s why...
I’m almost ready for Iron Chef Canada
I have broadened my horizons during the pandemic. For example, I am learning to cook. Maybe the word cook is a stretch, but let’s go with it and let you decide. I test my creations on Sandy. Here’s a typical breakfast I will make for Sandy. She likes her toast between not overdone and not underdone. I have found a...
Edmonton is like a ghost town with high rises
I have spent almost three months in isolation. I have lived through a few viruses in my life and I know the best defence is to stay away from people and use common sense. I didn’t let anyone into my place, not even close relatives. If someone wanted to stop in to say hello, they had to come to my...
Rhubarb has health benefits with a multitude of recipes
When we moved to our current house, it was late summer and the garden was overgrown. The following spring, I discovered we had an abundant rhubarb crop in our side yard. Each year, this trusty plant returns with little care or support from me. I have never done much of anything with the plant. One year, I froze several bags...
Healthy Superfoods
Superfood means foods that are packed with a lot of nutrition into a small volume while containing a low number of calories. If you are looking to lose weight, increase your nutritional potential, or boost your immune system, here are the Superfoods that can be easily added to blended drinks, recipes, or taken in supplements form. • Dark leafy greens...
Healthy Living: Lessons from the Pandemic
A few months into the coronavirus crisis, we have learned and been reminded of so much important information about fitness after 50. If it helps to find a silver lining, I’ll share 10 things that have come up or that I’ve been reminded of since all this started – and hopefully help you to draw inspiration from them to carry...
Health care is fundamentally more important than it has ever been!
Naturopathic Medicine combines modern medicine with natural therapies to address the ROOT CAUSE of illness, with a heavy focus on PREVENTATIVE medicine, IMMUNE HEALTH and on BUILDING HEALTHY LIFESTYLES. Choice Nutrition was founded in 1993 and has since grown into one of Saskatchewan’s most established and successful providers in the Natural Health care field. Educating people about leading healthier lives,...
Tweets, rocks and KD Bites all for the price of one column
Carl Reiner, a Hollywood icon as a producer, writer, comedian and actor, died last week at age 98. This isn’t relevant news in our part of the world, but I found it interesting that he tweeted right up until the end of his life. Among his last tweets was this one: “Nothing pleases me more than knowing that I have...