I have a little obsession to admit – I’m a full-blown laundry addict, and even worse than that – I love a good public hanging…My vices are directly attributable to moving into a windy neighbourhood. The people are fine really, but the dogs and the chinooks do tend to howl. So I had this brilliant […]
Author Archives: Janelle Hoddevik
A Song of Life
Harmony is a word that features largely in Jena Duncan’s life. For 84 years, this lively young woman has had an ability to play the ‘music of the soul’- a unique harmonic sound that every living being creates through their own energy vibrations. Listening with her heart and playing the piano by ear, she provides […]
I’m Turning Green – (and it’s not just the exhaust…)
I finally got around to bike riding the other day. Mostly because… I finally bought a bike. I’ve been renting one of those 20,000 Invisibikes (you know, the ones Purolator delivers if 9:00 am works?) See, there’s this Lance Armstrong-type fanatical nag that lives with me who wanted, get this, to go riding…together even! Man, […]
There’s Something Seriously Going On…
Wake up Vancouver Island! There’s some fresh coffee a’brewin and a wickedly good brioche with your name on it. Seriously! No, your mother hasn’t moved back in with you overnight, but perhaps even better, there’s a new place in the neighbourhood where you could both start your day…with some pretty Serious Coffee, and crumbly little […]
In Full Bloom
Ah, summer – when lush, warm breezes nudge heavy-headed garden flowers. When birds whistle to the rising dawn and crickets chirp away the day’s last, rich gleams. When the strong, true brilliance of the sun reveals the shadowed paleness of our winter-worn skin…and suddenly we come face to face with ourselves in the mirror and […]