During this time of uncertainty
I want to help you to get into a state of inner balance. We all prefer different ways to overcome stress, anxiety, depression, panic attacks, no energy, poor sleep or other worries so many experience now. Some of the following is free or by donation. 1.. Bruno Groening is helping all of us when asked. To find out who he is go to https://bruno-groening.org 6000 doctors are involved world wide to evaluate the healings. Sometimes people experience healings watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNlXuclHhVc Another way is Braco’s gazing session and he is also taken seriously by...
Read MoreThis is a quick and easy dinner
that takes advantage of all the fresh locally grown ingredients that are available this time of year. Warm Potato salad 2 lb waxy new potatoes, skin on Water to cover 1 tsp salt Try and select potatoes that are of the same size as much as possible. Place the potatoes and the water in a pan with a tight fitting lid. Place over medium high heat and bring to the boil. Add the salt and reduce the heat to low. Cook just until the potatoes are tender, approximately 15 minutes. While the potatoes are cooking, mix the following in a bowl large enough to hold all of the rest of the ingredients. ¼...
Read MoreA GOOD ‘SIGN’
The story that follows is the first segment of my memoirs. My earliest childhood recollections are of post-war, pre-revolution Hungary, where I was born to a former ballerina whose first husband had abandoned her and their two young children and a twice widowed agronomist who loved the “smell of kids”. My father had lost two wives in most tragic ways and, even more tragically, two children. So when he met my mother, he fell not only for her but the two kids and the match was made. Well, almost. . . My mother being very religious, a convert to the Catholic faith, took the...
Read MorePresentism” is the practice of applying 2020 cultural expectations
‘ and values to some 18th- or 19th-century events we’d rather forget. “Presentism” is comfortable because it encourages a kind of morally superior self-congratulation by interpreting the past as it suits us. Denial of the past would mean that the truth of the country’s history becomes something best forgotten in the interests of generational comfort. There is an increasing tendency to prefer that such and thus events in the past just did not happen and if it did, like Dorothy, we could cause it to simply disappear by wishing it away. But pulling down statues and changing building...
Read MoreThe grim reality
Canada has failed in its duty to protect vulnerable eldersin long-term care, according to a highly critical report that examines the issue in light of the COVID-19 crisis. The report released Friday by the Royal Society of Canada found the pandemic was a “shock wave” that exposed many long-standing deficiencies in the system and caused high levels of “physical, mental and emotional suffering” for seniors. “Those lives lost unnecessarily had value,” reads the report by a working group that was chaired by Dr. Carole Estabrooks at the University of...
Read MoreBBQ fish with a fresh fruit salsa, marinated cucumber salad
with fresh dill, potato kebobs, grilled fruit and pound cake kebobs BBQ fish 1 large fillet of salmon, pin bones removed (you can substitute another fish in place of the salmon. Just be sure it is a firm textured fish) 1 lemon Salt and pepper as required Lightly grease the grills on the BBQ and then preheat to high. Squeeze the juice of the lemon over the flesh side of the salmon and then season generously with salt and pepper. Once the BBQ has come up to heat, lay the salmon flesh side down on the grill. Cook for 2 minutes. Carefully slide 2 large lifters under the fish and rotate...
Read MoreThere are many roads to wellness
and we each arrive from different places and routes. Mine has always been a quest for understanding how we can be better – better health, mental wellness and nourishing our bodies. I feel very fortunate to have grown up in a foraging family. As an infant, my parents would put me in the backpack carrier and bring me along on all of their forest and beach walks. We collected everything from wild mushrooms, clams, fish, and berries to Fiddleheads, wild garlic and Maple sap. Native herbs and edible flowers were collected for salads, soups and to be dried for Winter use. I lived in the big...
Read MoreFinancial Elder Abuse
Isolated adults are vulnerable to elder financial abuse but conversation can help drive change. Elder financial abuse is the most common form of elder abuse. It is defined as the unlawful or unauthorized use of an elderly person’s financial assets. It is also the act of pressuring an elder to authorize consent or use of their financial assets. How to Recognize Elder Financial Abuse Personal relationships are often leveraged to perpetrate investment fraud. To gain the trust of an older adult, a fraudster will often offer help or become a close friend. Learn more about the ‘trust...
Read MoreWhy Wool For Your Footwear?
In recent years wool has enjoyed a great surge in popularity. Not only is wool an environmentally friendly and renewable resource, the material is durable, naturally therapeutic and ideal for footwear. This is because wool acts as a natural insulator, keeping your feet warm in winter, and cool in summer. Wool fibres have a crimped shape, producing air pockets regulating temperature and absorbing more moisture than any other fibre — 30 to 40% — keeping skin dry, healthy, and odour free. Wool is naturally bacteria-, mould-, and fungus-resistant. Nearly all footwear is made...
Read MoreHow our lives changed in the blink of an eye..
because of Covid-19 “Be strong now because things will get better. It might be stormy now, but it can’t rain forever.” Unknown When life knocks us down, we can stay down, or we can get up and be a force to be reckoned with. We will not be the same after this storm, we will be stronger. Life will always be tough. Everyone of us will face misfortune and calamitous events in our lives at one time or another. When adversity happens, we can choose to hide our heads in the sand. We can pretend that what is happening around us will not happen to us personally or we can be proactive and do...
Read MoreStuffed Portobello mushrooms,
stuffed tomatoes, twice baked potatoes, fresh berry shortcakes Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms 4 large portobello mushrooms, tops washed, stems removed and reserved, gills scraped clean Sprinkle of salt pepper for each mushroom cap ½ cup short grain rice such as Arborio 2 cup water ¼ tsp salt 4 strips bacon, cut into thin strips ½ small onion, finely diced 1 clove garlic, finely chopped Reserved mushroom stems, finely chopped 1 tsp fresh chives, finely chopped 1 cup finely shaved parmesan cheese Cook the rice in the salted water for until cooked to desired degree of doneness. Set...
Read MoreOn Their Own Terms:
True Stories of Trailblazing Women of Vancouver Island I am delighted to introduce and welcome Haley Healey to Island Woman Magazine. Island Woman was started and designed for just such women as Haley; to promote and feature Island women writers. What makes Haley’s first book so special is that it features the achievements of other Island women. Thank you Haley for this wonderfully written book and we wish you every success for this and for the other books that I am sure will follow. Best regards, Trish Summerhayes Owner/Publisher Island Woman...
Read MoreMortgage deferrals
Ten more timely tips I hope you and your family are enjoying good health and finding some measure of happiness in this strange spring. Certainly, many Canadians are feeling the financial pressures mount as we work together to conquer this pandemic. The good news is there are strategies that can help. The Mortgage Deferral Program has been the first line of defense for thousands of homeowners looking for immediate financial relief. A Mortgage Deferral is not payment “forgiveness” that allows you to simply miss payments. While you don’t pay anything at all during the...
Read MorePoor Darling.
Upon hearing my screams of terror coming from the bathroom as a small child, Mum would rush up the stairs knowing there was a gigantic human eating spider in the bath tub, it’s black shape more prominent against the white enamel. Picking it up, she would say, “Look at the poor thing, no one loves it with all those hairy legs.” We would walk downstairs and out the front door where she would carefully place it on the grass saying, “You can’t live here, poor darling.” My mother also believed in fairies and when it would rain, she would bring in the ceramic ones from the flower pots...
Read MoreProsciutto wrapped asparagus
with a sun dried tomato dressing, spaghetti Carbonara with roast tomatoes, strawberry tarts with a vanilla custard cream Prosciutto wrapped asparagus Serves 4 28 spears of fresh asparagus, trimmed 10 thin slices of prosciutt Carefully wrap approximately ⅓ strips of prosciutto around each spear of asparagus trying to wrap as tightly as possible and trying to get as much of the asparagus wrapped with the prosciutto as possible. Set aside. 6 pieces of oil packed sun dried tomato cut into thin strips 1 tsp sun dried oil 1 tablespoon white balsamic vinegar ½ tsp sugar ¼ tsp...
Read MoreScience Lesson
My son Will was the kind of kid that just had to investigate everything in his path.My other two, his older sister and brother, when I would tell them, “no”, they stopped what they were doing. With Will, that word was like waving a red flag in front of a bull. “No, you say? Well let’s just see about that!” With Will, it was necessary to invest in those nifty little plastic plugs that would prevent two-year old would-be electricians from sticking things like bobby pins or even fork tines into electrical outlets. We also invested in those door-knob-thingies that prevented him from...
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