Reading Time: 3 minutes You probably have experienced either stress or anxiety from time to time. They are common conditions and a wide variety of drugs are available to alleviate the symptoms. Medication certainly helps, but can lead to problems such as dependency. Next issue, we’ll look at the chemistry of these drugs as well as some non-drug approaches […] Read more
You and your bone mass
The Real Work Of Grieving
Reading Time: 5 minutes Coping with grief The people in your life may not like to see you cry because it makes them feel helpless. Find someone you trust to let you cry as much and for as long as you need. Find a cause to fuel your energies. Helping others will help you take your mind off yourself. […] Read more
Alcohol – Good, Bad, Or Somewhere In Between?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Alcohol has been around since the dawn of history. Early Egyptians made both wine and beer and the Incas and Aztecs in the Americas manufactured alcoholic beverages too, as did people in China, India, Babylon. Alcohol is produced by the fermentation of sugars and starches from fruits, flowers, herbs, plants and grains. Source materials are […] Read more
REFLECTIONS – for May. 10, 2010
Reading Time: 2 minutes “Would you take $2?” Haggling over price is part of the fun at garage sales. The owner wanted $3 for an autobiography by Nellie McClung, one of five women who pushed for the 1929 legal definition acknowledging that women are persons. I argued that the cover was faded and got a treasure for a toonie. […] Read more
PETUNIA VALLEYWindy’s Fall From Grace
Reading Time: 3 minutes By now, you will have read that our long-standing federal member of Parliament, Windy Hallett, recently stepped down from his position as chairman of the Commission on Ethics in Banking. After 25 years of “bringing home the bacon” for Petunia Valley, as he described his role in Ottawa, Windy was brought down by a simple […] Read more
Own The Clock
Reading Time: 6 minutes There’s never enough time. Between business commitments — both on the farm and off — plus all the demands of family, friends and community, it’s all too easy to get run ragged and then not have any time or energy left over to take care of yourself. To help, we searched out four time-management experts. […] Read more
Antiperspirants And Deodorants — What’s The Difference?
Reading Time: 3 minutes You’ve heard the reports about alcohol being good for your health and you’ve also heard the ones about alcohol being best avoided for good health. Next month, we’ll take a look at some of these news items and sort through the effects of alcohol. Today nearly every adult Canadian uses an antiperspirant or deodorant. However, […] Read more
Reflections – for Apr. 12, 2010
Reading Time: 2 minutes “Would you canvas for the Heart and Stroke Foundation?” As I approached retirement, I was cautioned, “People will assume you have time on your hands and they will ask you to do all kinds of volunteer work.” Their forecast is coming true. Perhaps I am conditioned to accept the request. There have been strokes and […] Read more
Gone But Not Forgotten
Reading Time: 3 minutes e all let out a whoop when we heard the news that Elsie, Florrie and Bernice, the Good Sisters of the Valley, left on a road trip to Florida last Monday, heading for a house and garden tour of Sarasota. The three girls haven’t been outside the country since… well since forever, it seems. They […] Read more
While Many Of Us Talk About Becoming Global Citizens, Others — Including Canadian Farmers — Are Out There Seizing The Opportunity
Reading Time: 6 minutes We hear it time and time again. We must all become global citizens, especially farmers. But what exactly does this mean? Is it really just words? To Graham Pike, dean of international students at the University of Vancouver Island in Nanaimo, B. C., global citizenship starts in an unexpected place. It starts by seeing the […] Read more
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