Peeling the Onion

I have been hanging around farmers long enough to eschew the idea of exercise for exercise’s sake. Many years ago, an organic farmer in BC did a spoof on what was then a popular holiday concept – the exercise “spa”.  I believe it was Peter Johnston of Lasqueti Island, and he offered an extraordinary holiday [...]

I am a very big fan of trees. In fact, it is a life-long love affair, dating back to my childhood.  Years before I knew them as ponderosa pines, I spent many hours sitting under my “puzzle trees” -  so called because, to my childish eyes, the bark sections looked like puzzle pieces. When I [...]