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Author Archives: Rhona
Water babies and bottles and Berkeys
Water is always an interesting issue. Take bottles of water for example. For ages tap water got a bad press: but it seems like a great many of the stories came from vested interests: sellers of bottled water, water machines … Continue reading
Copyright, pesticides, mercury, sunscreen and rocket fuel
A mixed bag today. One important item for writers is the Canadian government’s Copyright Consultations: the public is invited to participate in guiding the government’s moves to reform copyright legislation. If you are a writer and would like to be … Continue reading
Long Beach, Fanny Bay
Just back from a meander up-island, starting with Long Beach where we enjoyed a side trip to Tofino and stumbled upon SoBo for supper. Some lovely food, including a smoked fish appetizer grilled oyster with miso-mayo mushroom enchilada beet, goat … Continue reading
Making food better
An interesting piece on absorption of nutrients from food on NPR this morning. Among the things they discussed: you need oil to absorb nutrients from foods. Not necessarily a lot, but some. (So, out with that horrible no-fat dressing!)(You also … Continue reading
Home again
If you found Home, the movie difficult to view on Vidoosh, you might like to know it’s miraculously reappeared on Youtube. Check it out if you haven’t already. 2,189,173 viewers are with you so far.









