Life

In 1823 American dramatist John Howard Payne wrote, “Home Sweet Home”. Remember the stanza: “Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home”?

My summer "mobile library" picks include suggestions on proper nude potluck attire and how to make a mini Garden of Eden.

Cloverdale's Katie Fitzmaurice and Nicole Law are cycling though Europe this summer with the non-profit organization Global Agents, which aims to improve economic conditions in the Third World. This is Fitzmaurice's first column in a series

There’s an old saying that “cats can’t add, but they sure can multiply”. It's June and already SPCA shelters are bracing for a flood of young, furry felines.

Hotel-Museum complex showcases a vibrant indigenous culture.

Weaving competition on Saturday at Surrey Museum

Why did a collection of Portmeirion “Botanic Garden” pottery in My Kitchen Window, a Fort Langley kitchen accessories shop, make me smile?

Rain batters my office windows, but summer is on my mind. The truth is… I’m goofing off. Laurie Carter’s new book, Grandma Wears Hiking Boots, arrived in the morning post. Subtitled “A Personal Guide to the Okanagan”, the companionable guide book comfortably blends Carter’s passion for writing, photography, family, and British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley.

Japan is just starting to recover from the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Japanese citizens devastated by the natural disasters and their aftermath need our help.

From globetrotting to gardening, sensible advice is at hand.