Category: Voices

  • Lex Monoxide: MR MIKES

    Lex Monoxide: MR MIKES

    “Not so much a complaint as a general awareness that…” Lex Monoxide reviews MR MIKES in High River – how does your experience compare?

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes: April 16 – 23, 2018

    Planet Waves Horoscopes: April 16 – 23, 2018

    BY ERIC FRANCIS COPPOLINO ARIES — There’s been one major event after the next in your sign over the past several days, and Mercury is in direct motion. There’s a New Moon tonight (Sunday); and through the week, the Sun is conjunct Uranus, the bringer of ideas and revelations. Yet something truly momentous happens with…

  • From My Bookshelf: Kim Fu

    From My Bookshelf: Kim Fu

    By Lynn Willoughby The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore ~ Kim Fu I heard this book discussed on CBC so thought it sounded worthwhile.  Camp Forevermore is a wilderness camp for girls somewhere on the coast of BC.  It has been operating for decades and sounds idyllic, especially to those girls from the inner city,…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Spring Cleaning

    Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Spring Cleaning

    By Reena Nerbas Grimy Shower Head Dear Reena, I recently moved into a 30-year-old apartment, and the place is filthy. What is the best way to clean a grimy shower head? Lynette Dear Lynette, Step 1: Scrub the holes with a wet kitchen scrubber. Step 2: Pour a solution of half cup white vinegar and…

  • Ask Biella: “How can I find peace and happiness?”

    Ask Biella: “How can I find peace and happiness?”

    Have you considered the problem in the question itself? If you were to have peace and happiness, where would it be?

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes: April 9 – 16, 2018

    Planet Waves Horoscopes: April 9 – 16, 2018

    BY ERIC FRANCIS COPPOLINO ARIES — You don’t need to make the same mistakes twice or three times. It’s far better to make new mistakes, because this demonstrates that you’re learning from the old ones, and gives you some evidence that you’re stretching into new territory. And that new territory will be exciting, unpredictable and…

  • From My Bookshelf: Bruce Henderson

    From My Bookshelf: Bruce Henderson

    By Lynn Willoughby Sons and Soldiers ~ Bruce Henderson We have all read bizarre and brutal accounts of what happens during war.  And we realize that man’s inhumanity to man know no bounds.  When I saw what this author said….”it is a privilege to write this unknown history…” I knew I had to read this…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Cooking Fish

    Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Cooking Fish

    By Reena Nerbas Cheesecake Dear Reena, I am having a dinner party, and would like to make cheesecake for dessert. Can you tell me if I can quadruple my cheesecake recipe and bake the cake in a large rectangle pan? Cherise Dear Cherise, Quadrupling the recipe is risky, chances are the cheesecake will brown on…

  • Riley on Bookish Pet Peeves

    Riley on Bookish Pet Peeves

    In this episode of Riley’s Reading Ramblings, the lively Riley J. Froud holds nothing back when it comes to bookish pet peeves!

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes: April 2 – 9, 2018

    Planet Waves Horoscopes: April 2 – 9, 2018

    BY ERIC FRANCIS COPPOLINO ARIES — On Monday Mars and Saturn align in Capricorn, which is your 10th house of achievement, reputation and responsibility. Part of what makes this aspect so unusual is that both Mars and Saturn are well placed in Capricorn (possessing what’s known as ‘dignity’ in ancient astrology). Therefore, this points to…

  • Faith Forum: The Good News…3 Days Later

    Faith Forum: The Good News…3 Days Later

    By Gloria Wessner Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance.  She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. She said, “They have taken the Lord’s body out of the tomb,…

  • From My Bookshelf: Megan Mayhew Bergman

    From My Bookshelf: Megan Mayhew Bergman

    By Lynn Willoughby Almost Famous Women ~ Megan Mayhew Bergman This collection of short stories had such great potential.  I was so disappointed! The collection includes stories of Lord Byron’s illegitimate daughter, the early aviatrix Beryl Markham, Oscar Wilde’s niece and ten others.  The shortest, but one of the most interesting, was the story of…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Does Size Matter When Baking with Eggs?

    Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Does Size Matter When Baking with Eggs?

    By Reena Nerbas Egg Sizes Dear Reena, When purchasing eggs for a baking recipe, does it matter what size eggs I use? Thanks, Randy Dear Randy, Great question! Most recipes are calibrated with large size eggs. Extra hint: Eggs for baking should be at room temperature, so that the egg disperses better, making the batter…

  • Faith Forum: It Is Finished

    Faith Forum: It Is Finished

    By Gloria Wessner The words “it is finished” rang in her ears as Mary stumbled and tripped over the rocks on the hill at Golgotha. It couldn’t be, it just couldn’t be true what had just happened; but it was. There was the cross, with her friend hanging on it. His weary head now bent and…

  • Video is great – but it can be soooo slow!

    Video is great – but it can be soooo slow!

    Videos are great, but, when time is of the essence, being able to shave a couple of minutes off of the playback, or even better cutting an hour long video down to 30-40 minutes is awesome.