Share this!Out my back door and across the alley live Ioni and Courtney, and Henrietta, Gertrude, and Berta. Ioni and Courtney live in a bright blue Craftsman style house with yellow trim. Henrietta, Gertrude, and Berta live in a small wooden coop in the backyard, because they are of course, chickens. City of Powell River amended its Animal Control Bylaw back in December 2012 to allow residents...
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Share this!I’m lying on the ground, the asphalt wet and unforgiving. My limbs are stiff and one leg is bent at a weird, unnatural angle. I hear distant sirens and from the draft on my foot realize my right shoe is missing. The ground trembles with the approach of emergency vehicles and suddenly someone is checking my vitals, and finds none. I’m dead. Not really. P.A.R.T.Y. This is a simulation,...
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Share this!When I was little I wanted to be a movie star. I wanted to see my name in lights and be rich and famous. I wanted to forever play make-believe, travelling the world making films. Hmmm, so maybe things didn’t quite work out that way — besides doing some acting in school, the closest I got was a little work as an extra. The hours on set were long and boring, and I was too...
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Share this!I’m no chef. Anyone who sees me with a knife will tell you it’s best if I just stick to baking. And yet, and yet, they let me dice up cucumbers, red peppers, and olives for a salad as part of a “Greek Extravaganza” night at the Young Adult Community Kitchen (YACK). I was invited by Vanessa Sparrow, creator, coordinator, and kitchen headmistress of YACK, to hang out and help out...
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Share this!I have my gumboots on again. It must mean there’s another adventure afoot. (I’m not a huge fan of puns but that one practically typed itself out on the page.) This time we’re going mushroom picking. Temporary mushroom buyer stations sprout up in Powell River every fall. Chanterelles and pine mushrooms are among those highly sought after and if you know where to look and the...
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