Book Haul 2013
Here I go again, the annual Book Sale at Crossroad Market, organized by the Servants Anonymous Society. It’s a worthy …
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Saturday Snapshot June 15: West Coast Birding
Spent a few days in the Metro Vancouver area last week. Didn’t see a lot of variety of shorebirds, but …
Drifting with the Current of Memory: Kon-Tiki (2012)
Once upon a time a young school girl, an English language learner in the then British Colony of Hong Kong, …
Summer Viewing List
Summer Reading Lists have begun to sprout everywhere. Some prefer lighter beach reads, and others use this time to catch …
Downton Abbey, The Complete Scripts: Season One
I had once talked with someone who avoided watching the ‘making of’ special feature that comes with a DVD. His …
Spring Babies and Parenting Styles
I’ve been following this Great Horned Owl family for a few months now. At first I only spotted Papa, later …
Saturday Snapshot May 18: The Bow
The Bow is the newest addition to our downtown cityscape. Design architects are the acclaimed, London-based Foster and Partners. This …
Proust Read-Along: The Swann and Gatsby Foil
“He knew perfectly well as a general truth that human life is full of contrasts…” Swann’s Way, P. 510 While …
The Great Gatsby (2013): Movie Review
In just 172 pages, F. Scott Fitzgerald has captured the zeitgeist of the Jazz Age, and told the stirring story …
A Long Farewell to Winter
It got up to 27C (80F) today, almost a record high. Looks like we’ve skipped spring and bounced right to …
Why Did the Pheasant Cross the Road?
Why did the Pheasant cross the road? To test Arti’s reaction time. How did the Pheasant cross the road? Ignoring …
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala: A Tribute to Rootlessness
On April 3, one day before Roger Ebert died, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala passed away from illness at the age of 85. …
