The colour pink is synonymous with the fight against breast cancer and it seems that association is pretty tempting for wily marketers. I first noticed the preponderance of pink in a running magazine I received. It featured a whole section of pink cancer-fighting jog-bras, socks, and moisture-wicking tees.
With so many organizations seeking our contributions, it’s difficult to [...]
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Thinking pink
Posted in Uncategorized on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What your stuff says
Posted in Uncategorized on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Daily I wage a battle to keep my stuff from controlling me. I’ve come to the conclusion that I cannot keep a tidy desk, I simply cannot. I can keep a pretty tidy desk if I try really hard. In light of my struggles, I thought I’d post this little podcast from Scientific American, “What [...]
Pretty Pictures
Posted in Uncategorized on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s always good to have work. This week I have lots of it. So instead of a new entry, I will post a link to the article about figs that I wrote for edible Vancouver.
Lately I’ve become involved with Slow Food Vancouver. One of the goals of Slow Food is to foster a healthy, sustainable and [...]
H1N1
Posted in Uncategorized on October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It seems that every other person I know is sick with a bad cold and the rest are either getting one or just getting over one. I have to confess to feeling pretty horrible at the moment, which makes me wonder if I have H1N1. So far, judging by the info posted on the Centres for [...]
HIV/AIDS: everyone’s business
Posted in Uncategorized on October 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Last week I was privileged to be in the audience at the SFU Centre for Dialogue for the SFU President’s Forum: Stepping up the Response to the AIDS Pandemic in Lesotho. The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho Pakalitha Bethuel Mosisili delivered a thoughtful talk about the profound challenge his country has faced dealing with AIDS.
According [...]
Choosing my addiction
Posted in Uncategorized on March 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Raised in a European household, I had stuff at home that seemed strange to my anglo friends, like the light green ceramic Melita coffee filter and pot. I loved the way the glass filter holder wedged into the tiny pot – making just enough for one person. When the coffee was made, you could remove [...]
My name is mud
Posted in Uncategorized on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you’d like to read my article about mud, in the January/09 edition of alive magazine, follow this link.
Inspired by Nature
Posted in Uncategorized on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week I threaded my way through the shiny glass buildings at UBC to attend, “Behind the Scenes at Nature,” a seminar by Nicola Jones, Nature’s on-line news editor. Nature is the journal to which scientist bow down and worship. Getting published in this most prestigious of scientific journals means you’ve arrived, you’re part of the scientific [...]
Grease is the word
Posted in Uncategorized on January 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The era of fat phobia may be coming to an end. Avoiding it like the plague may, after all, not have been necessary all this time. In an earlier blog, I complained about my friend the dietitian who continued to use butter while the rest of us switched to margarine. It wasn’t until margarine was exposed [...]
It’s a small world
Posted in Uncategorized on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just when I thought human designers were getting pretty good….
Check out this “20 BioScapes Contest-Life Viewed through the Microscope.”
