Life

Tying a bow tie is the one test still capable of defeating any man, no matter how young, hip, old or elegant.

Greg McMillan's body bears the brunt of decades of physical activity. Throughout the years, there has been a dislocated shoulder, a couple of broken ankles, a herniated disc, a muscle graft operation and five surgeries, including a hip replacement.

Dear Eric: My husband and I recently bought a bottle of avocado oil at the “Goats on Roof” grocery store in Coombs. But we actually don’t know where and how to use it. Our friends said it is good in salads.

‘Momma, what are you putting in that black thing?” Eddie asked last week, as I packed shoes and business clothes into a suitcase. “Can I put mine panda in too?” “Remember how I told you I’m going to Vancouver for work?” I reminded him.

We are going to a Halloween dance this year. This means dressing up in Halloween costumes, something I haven’t done for years. The last time I suited up for Halloween was at a house party in London, Ont.

When Congregation Emanu-El welcomes back its Torah scrolls on Sunday, it will also mark the return of a former Victoria woman who has expanded the centuries-old tradition of Hebrew calligraphy.

Dear Eric: As Christmas baking season is upon us, I am wondering if you know where I might find real currants? I am looking for actual dried currants, which have a bit of a crunch, different flavour and more body than the small dried grapes or raisin

What: John Cleese: Last Time to See Me Before I Die Where: McPherson Playhouse When: Continues to Oct. 23 Rating: 4 1/2 stars (out of five) Monty Python, in essence, was all about being "silly," explained John Cleese.

John and Tiffanie Ujfalusi and their children are good proof fitness is a meal best enjoyed as a family.

It’s hard being the new kid in class, especially when you’re the only African-American kid in a newly desegregated Grade 3 class in racially divided Atlanta, Ga., in the early 1960s. And when your parents are Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.