At times when things seem overwhelming, FRIENDS step in and support…purely out of love Friendship is a relationship of mutual affection between people. It is a stronger form of interpersonal bond than an association and has been studied in academic fields such as communication, sociology, social psychology, anthropology, and philosophy. Wikipedia I know I have […]
Saturnina Island Preserved as a Park It was my pleasure to have the opportunity to sell Saturnina Island to the BC Parks Foundation which will protect the island, which is a few minutes by boat from Gabriola Island, for all to use and enjoy as a park forever!!! June 29th was a wonderful, day where […]
“I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren’t trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.” – Umberto Eco, Foucault’s Pendulum I hope that you enjoy this week’s article which I dedicate to Father’s Day this coming Sunday about what the […]
A couple of weeks late but May was Older Americans Month. Guess I forgot, but then I am old!!!! This formal recognition of the chronologically gifted began with President John F. Kennedy in 1963, when he designated May as Senior Citizens Month. Back then, only 17 million Americans reached their 65th birthday. Today more than […]
POPEYE the Sailor Man Really Existed His real name was Frank “Rocky” Fiegel. He was born in 1868 in Poland and, as a child, immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled down in a small town in Illinois. As a young man, Rocky went to sea. After a 20-year career as a […]
The wonderful world of cards This past weekend my wife and I went to our friends’ home for a wonderful dinner and were asked if we wanted to play Canasta. My wife said that I didn’t play cards, but I said I would give it a try and we had a really great time and […]
We have so many holidays these days, but Mother’s Day truly is significant. There’s a lot of sayings that have mother in them. “Oh, my dear Mother of God”, “Mother of all Mother’s”, “Mother Earth”, “Mother Nature”, “a face only a Mother could love” and so many more. The reality is, celebrating a mother is to celebrate life itself, the […]
What is a 3D-printed house? The answer is, quite literally, in the name. 3D-printed houses are created using very large 3D printers that, unlike smaller hobbyist or other types of industrial units, are able to extrude concrete, plastic, or other building materials through nozzles, in order to gradually build up a 3D object the size […]
Have you ever wondered where old sayings come from? Well here are a few for you to improve your wealth of knowledge while impressing your friends Early aircraft throttles had a ball on the end of it, in order to go full throttle, the pilot had to push the throttles all the way forward into […]
So many islands and so much time to explore at home Did you know that Vancouver Island is the 11th largest in Canada and 43rd largest worldwide? Did you also know that we are surrounded by many smaller islands all around us that are just begging for day or weekend trips? As we all know, we […]