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Can An iPhone app Save My Life?
Apparently, my LDL cholesterol level is creeping up. Whereas my HDL is fine and my HDL-LDL ratio is good. What does this mean? Confusion to me, but to my doctor it raises a small warning flag when it comes to … Continue reading
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How You Know You’re Spending the Weekend in Vancouver instead of the country…
I like to call myself bi-coastal. For some of the week, I live on the coast of the Lower Mainland. For other parts of the week, I live on the coast of Vancouver Island. Most of the week, including the … Continue reading
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Holiday Gift Suggestions, Chapter 1: Food
Today on BC Almanac my chat and phone-in with Mark Forsythe is all about food gifts and tips for the holidays. I wanted to concentrate on as many local products as possible, so here are the links to the products … Continue reading
Why I Like Living in Vancouver, sometimes…
For the past 8 weeks I've been coming to Vancouver just for Mondays and Tuesdays to teach my writing class at UBC. Wednesday mornings I'm on an early ferry back home to Vancouver Island. It doesn't leave much time to … Continue reading
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Deep-frying a Turkey
Ottawa, Thanksgiving 2007 – This is my brave brother-in-law, John Juraitis, lowering our Thanksgiving turkey into the deep-frying contraption he bought at Loblaws. He said, ‘I’ve never done this before, so if you’re game, let’s try it!’ Never being one … Continue reading
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