Category: Down Time
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Weekend Poll: Are You Getting Enough Sleep?
Do you sleep like a baby (or like some parents would hope their little ones would sleep!), or do you wind up counting sheep? This nightly nourishment supports good physical and…
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Weekend Poll: Where Will Your Travels Take You in 2018?
This weekend, we’re talking about the best possible kind of travel planning … your own! It’s a given that many assistants book a great deal of corporate travel, and all…
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Weekend Poll: Do You Get Enough Sleep?
… or do you wind up counting sheep? This weekend, we’re talking sleep, and whether you’re getting enough of this nightly nourishment. In his book Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving…
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Weekend Poll: Where Will Your Travels Take You this Year?
This weekend, we’re talking about the best possible kind of travel planning … your own! Those who follow me here and on my travel website know that exploring new-to-me places…
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Weekend Poll Results: The Rio Olympics
With thanks to all who participated, here are your responses to my question … What do you think of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games? It’s my guess that some responses reflect…
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Weekend Poll: Are You Watching the Olympic Games?
… I’m also enjoying the swimming competitions during this year’s Olympics. This evening, we watched the Canadian Women’s 4 x 200 meter relay team collect a bronze medal, finishing after the USA…
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A Different Kind of Bread Line
Lineups such as this are typical alongside the Pure Bread stall at the Kitsilano (Kits) Farmers’ Market in Vancouver. Here are some of the reasons. We usually go for the Drunken Apple Blondies, above.…
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Weekend Poll: Do You Get Enough Sleep?
What are we exploring this weekend? Sleep, and whether you’re getting enough of this nightly nourishment. Arianna Huffington has written a new book, The Sleep Revolution. I heard her interviewed on CBC Radio…
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A Weekend in Chains of Gold
… or, actually, beneath chains of gold. That’s the name, you see, of these gorgeous trees planted in a long curving pathway. These are more formally known as Labernum Watereri “Vossii”.…






