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'Living to LEARN'

Is Your Volunteer Board Making Progress?

Is Your Volunteer Board Making Progress?

(Post by Dr. Sarah Elaine Eaton) In April of 2012 I became president of our condo board, where I had served as a director for about five years. We had some returning board members, some new read more

Kick Sledding in Downtown Saskatoon

Kick Sledding in Downtown Saskatoon

(Post by Leigh McAdam) Have you heard about the new winter bicycle? Otherwise called the kick sled.  It’s a relatively new sport in Canada but very common in northern Europe. I had the chance last week to try it read more

Writing in Your Own Hand

Writing in Your Own Hand

(Post by NINA MUNTEANU) How many of you still handwrite? I don’t just mean a letter to a friend or relative (although handwritten letters are growing increasingly rare) or a reminder to do something or shopping read more

Lessons Learned from the Food Service Industry

Lessons Learned from the Food Service Industry

(Post by LINDA POURMASSINA, MD) She sat in her crisp, white coat, probably not much older than I am now, leaning back with all of the assurance of someone who recently completed a cardiology fellowship, newly read more

Struggling with Attachments?

Struggling with Attachments?

“You must choose between your attachments and happiness.” ~Adyashanti (Post by GAIL BRENNER) I used to live in a world of “if only.” If only the right partner would show up or I wouldn’t get caught read more

Take a Cue from the Butterfly – The Butterfly Effect

Take a Cue from the Butterfly – The Butterfly Effect

(Post by IAN LAWTON) Are you dealing with change? If you are feeling anxious or overwhelmed by change, take a cue from the butterfly. First its a caterpillar, crawling close to the earth, slow and steady. read more

Start an Image with a Concept – Photographer Guy Tal

Start an Image with a Concept – Photographer Guy Tal

The following essay was originally published in Landscape Photography Magazine. (Post by GUY TAL) When teaching photography workshops I always emphasize the importance of starting an image with a concept – the thing that stops you read more

At Age 102, Margaret Dunning Drives to College

At Age 102, Margaret Dunning Drives to College

Feature photo: Margaret Dunning and her 1930 Packard www.nydailynews.com Post by Debra Eve Margaret Dunning drives her 1930 Packard 740 Roadster to classic car shows. It’s causing a hoopla across the Interwebs. She’s twenty years older read more

Four Occasions When It’s Best to Keep Quiet

Four Occasions When It’s Best to Keep Quiet

(Post by GWYN TEATRO) Will Rogers once said, “Never miss a good chance to shut up”. I think he has a point. Rarely though, do we consider that effective communication also means keeping quiet.   And yet, read more

Retirement – “Free To Be Me”

Retirement – “Free To Be Me”

(Post by ANN HARRISON) Many people say the best thing about being retired is that they’re finally ‘free to be me’.  For the first time in their life, they can go where they want and do read more