Life

As a young man in his 20s, Stanley Burrell was a Christian missionary, going door to door in East Palo Alto, a town southeast of San Francisco on the “wrong side of the tracks.

A cynical producer who once said staging theatre in Canada is no picnic should have visited Centennial Square on Tuesday. The launch party there for Intrepid Theatre’s 10-day Fringe Theatre Festival couldn’t have been more picnic-like.

SOSHIN McMURCHY Times are confusing. We’re undeniably heading into climate change, and yet I live in beauty; I harvest delicious bounty from my small garden; I enjoy the humming of bees around the fennel.

“The older you get, the more important it is not to act your age.” — Anonymous It called to me, the short, short skirt patterned in bold blotches of black and white. The price was right and the money was in my pocket.

Dear Mr. Dad: I’ve read stories about people having ID numbers etched into their children’s teeth, and not letting their kids play outside. Like most parents, I want to protect my kids, but I think we’ve gone overboard.

Behaving like Scrooge is typically not the best way to win points with a date. But a new study concludes that many love-seekers think savers are actually more attractive than spenders.

As a child, I was the weird one in my neighbourhood; I loved going back to school. New shoes, clothes, and school supplies were great, but what I enjoyed most was going back to class itself.

From Canadian reserve army captain to patient and now researcher and research subject, Nanaimo’s Trevor Greene continues to command attention.

Eggplant — shiny, purple and beautiful — is abundant at local farmers markets now. When searching for a way to prepare eggplant, you can traverse the map: Italian parmigiana, Lebanese baba ghannouj and, of course, French ratatouille.

If you want to create an impressive entrée, love fish and enjoy rich and flavourful food, cook a whole salmon.