Life

Dear Eric: For years, I made nuts and bolts to be divided among my family for Christmas. This became a tradition for us. I used to buy the spice mix at the Cairo Coffee Shop on Fort Street.

With her poem Planet Earth, P.K. Page, then in her 80s, offered our world a gentle love letter.

Both Big D'Arcy and Little D'Arcy islands, off the east coast of Vancouver Island near Victoria, are heavily forested, and have a lovely, peaceful appearance. This certainly belies their miserable past.

Even though the whole world seems to be going digital, don't fret for the future of the library.

BULLETIN BOARD The Times Colonist has one email address for all events listings: [email protected] Include a brief (25 words or fewer) description of the event, date, time, address, price and phone number.

Anacortes residents were among those hiding with Canadians after 1979 takeover of U.S. embassy in Iran

Last week, we had a question from a grandmother with a dilemma: "My grandson is a wonderful little fellow (eight years old)," she wrote, "but has the habit of 'flashing/penis whirling.

9th annual Pumpkin Smash: Bring your Halloween pumpkins for composting, with family games, bowling and pumpkin smashing. Today and Sunday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at four Thrifty Foods locations: Broadmead, Fairfield, Cloverdale and Admirals.

Cindy MacDougall thought she'd learned something after three kids. Then along came No. 4

Many parents aren't teaching children kitchen skills: survey