Life

LOS ANGELES — A day at Disneyland is a marathon, and the visitors lining up in the plaza outside the park were prepared to make it to the finish. They had on sneakers and sweats and packs (both fanny and back).

MINNEAPOLIS — Johnny Woodside’s cycling clothes are almost as cool as his name. The 30-year-old Minneapolis hydrogeologist dons flannel shirts, Red Wing boots and has a tapered moustache. Forget the blinding neon spandex get-up.

When I had my first baby, I looked forward to my first Mother’s Day the way a child anticipates Christmas morning.

Last week, a parent wrote: “My 17-year-old has been smoking pot for several years. Since she didn’t get enough allowance to support this habit, she had been stealing money at home, including from her siblings’ savings.

“Properly, we should read for power … The book should be a ball of light in one’s hand.” — American poet Ezra Pound (1885-1972) “Well, something’s lost and something’s gained in living every day.” — Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell (b.

First clue you’re at a drum festival: the prevalence of earplugs. Actually that was the second clue. The first was the great thunderous clamour greeting visitors to the downtown Marriott Hotel last Sunday.

The lilac, with its pale purple blooms and gentle scent, has lost its place as a top flowering Mother’s Day gift — to the hanging basket, Victoria nurseries say.

Chopped peanuts and flaked coconut form a savoury-sweet crust for fresh scallops. Sauté the scallops and serve them on a bed of sautéed spinach flavoured with coconut milk.

You may have heard advice to dine out less often if you want to weigh less. That’s like telling people to leave their cars in the garage if they want to avoid getting into an automobile accident. To improve road safety, we need driver’s education.

Where: McPherson Playhouse When: Until May 12 Tickets: 250-386-6121 Rating: Four stars (out of five) --------------------------------- When we heard Victoria Operatic Society would venture out of its Broadway comfort zone to stage a musical as ambiti