The Teak Tree — Sketch-It

The Teak Tree is a furniture store located on the corner of Selby and Fitzwilliam Street in Nanaimo. It is part of a city block with a mixture of genuine heritage buildings and skilfully designed infill units that maintain the character of the Old City Quarter ambience and enhance the street scape. As the name […] …

The original Diva – Zsa Zsa Gabor

In her most famous movie, John Huston’s 1952 Moulin Rouge, Zsa Zsa Gabor plays Jean Avril, a chanteuse who enjoys the favors of many men and the habit of lying about her age. “I have been 25 for four years,” she smilingly confides to her friend Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (Jose Ferrer), “and I shall stay there… via …

A Time and Space to Think-Cape Breton December 15, 2016 — The Steeper Climb

The importance of goal-setting and striving to be better - two 'best practices' for the coming new year!  Bravo to The Steeper Climb for encouraging us all to ask those 'big' questions this time of year. Working near the table to set new goals for the Steeper Climb for 2017: Starting with more questions than …

Bravo! Resolution of the City of San Francisco

It makes me proud to be a Californian. [Link] The San Francisco Board of Supervisors recently passed a resolution, introduced by Board President London Breed, in response to the election of Donald Trump. The resolution reads as follows: WHEREAS, On November 8, 2016, Donald Trump was elected to become the 45th President of the […] via …

So why do male seahorses get pregnant?

With their distinctive snouts and vertical posture, seahorses are some of the most unique creatures in the ocean. And with new genetic research, scientists are getting important insight into what made them that way. In a new report published in Nature, researchers have pinpointed a gene activated in one of seahorses’ most intriguing adaptations: the… via …