Turn on the television on any day at any time, and you will be sure to find at least one show featuring animals; open any book, and there will almost surely be at least one reference to animals. While it may seem that we live in an entirely human-dominated world, animals are in fact all… Read more »
May 10, 1979, it sees like yesterday, yet it seems like a lifetime ago. I guess it’s both. That was the day I said goodbye to my mother for the last time. I always refer to her as my mother, not mom. I guess because she was a mother to me, not a mom. Mom’s… Read more »
For the first part of “Is There A Doula In The House”, see last week’s issue of The Voice [January 28, 2004 – v12 i04]. I know you consider yourself a feminist. How does being a doula fit into or complement those beliefs? Being a doula is all about empowering women to reclaim the birth… Read more »
gone i remember when we were parked out by the reservoir you told me of a ghost you’d seen walking through the woods don’t look it’s gone already the best times are when you’re happy and don’t know why you just smile and think of nothing for awhile don’t look now exile the old wolf… Read more »
Last week I did not submit an article for my “From My Perspective” column in The Voice. After more than two years of writing regularly and rarely missing an issue, I found myself unable to write. Partly it was due to stress and overload and just needing a break. But the more important reason I… Read more »
My youth was filled with the stories of larger-than-life trappers, prospectors and homesteaders that lived and worked in British Columbia’s interior during the early twentieth century. My mother’s family lived in a small sawmill town called Penny which seems to have been the cross-roads for many an intrepid soul. Their stories of harrowing wilderness adventures… Read more »
A doula? What’s a doula, you say? Well, I was in that very same boat up until a year ago when my close friend, Rachel, became one. For those of you who don’t have a doula for a friend, I’m going to share mine with you. Sunday afternoon after a leisurely brunch, the two of… Read more »
As a British Columbian living in the middle of the Canadian prairies I find that there are two aspects of my former province that I miss the most; the first is the Rocky Mountains and the second is the trees. Although I was surrounded by trees my entire life, I didn’t often take particular notice… Read more »
WINNIPEG (CUP) — Students at Brandon University are in the process of earning their degree in the ancient Aboriginal arts of teepee building, beading, carving and tanning. This Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in visual and Aboriginal art studies is the first of its kind in Canada, offering integrated Western and Aboriginal art instruction. The… Read more »
During the time that I have been a student at Athabasca University I have noticed that I have put on a few extra pounds, even though I have not changed my exercise or eating habits. Like most people I was not happy about this extra weight, so I became determined to find out where it… Read more »