Creating the good old days, one day at a time.
-
The Coquitlam Munch
In the past I have blogged about growing food close to home and I will say it again, I believe in growing food close to home! I also like the idea of urban gardening where food plants rather than decorative plants are grown on city lands. You can imagine how pleased I was to see…
-
My Archived Email Disappeared!!
The question about Google Mail that I get asked more often than any other question is, “where does an email go when you “archive” it?” Well, there are a couple of places that your email may have gone. First, if you “labelled” the email it will be in the category that you labelled it with.…
-
Getting Started with Google Classroom
My primary “go-to” resource person for anything Google related is Alice Keeler. She has probably already forgotten more about Google than I will ever know. She is awesome. So when I was looking for a “where to start” resource for Google Classroom I went to Keeler’s blog. There are a couple of resources there –…
-
Coding with Code dot Org and the App Lab
With the new focus on developing coding skills in learners, the resources being developed and shared by Code.org are becoming more and more valuable – or rather, people are becoming more aware of the value of the resources that are available from Code.org. Have a look at this video to learn a little more about…
-
Enforcement of Distracted Driving Laws
Earlier this week I had lunch at Raw Cuts, my favourite little sandwich shop on the Burnaby-New West border. While sitting in the shop and enjoying my lunch I watched the RCMP on the Burnaby side of 10th Ave pulling in drivers who dared to look at their mobile devices while they sat stopped at the…
-
Joe Fafard Exhibition; Retailles
Internationally renowned, Joe Fafard is one of Canada’s most recognized and prolific artists. Mr. Fafard is one of Canada’s leading professional visual artists and has exhibitions of a wide variety of work in galleries and museums across the country and around the world, including the United States, Great Britain, France and Japan. He is widely…
-
Bread Making Round 3
My interest in baking bread continues! Yesterday my daughters and I made another batch of dough. This time we used 3 cups of whole wheat flour, 1 1/2 cups of Twin Sails Pilsner beer, 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt and a half teaspoon of yeast. A few hours after mixing the dough in the bowl…
-
Homemade Bread Part 2
I decided to give the homemade bread thing another go – this time in my city home. And this time, I followed the recipe a little more closely. Well, I sort of followed the recipe more closely. Like I did at the cabin, I again added beer to my bread dough. But instead of adding…
-
Coquitlam’s Tree Watering Bags
For the second year in a row, Coquitlam has installed watering bags to help out young trees and is inviting neighbouring residents to help keep the trees healthy by adding water to the bags during drier spells. The City of Coquitlam is committed to supporting a healthy urban forest that includes 2,800 young trees. To…
-
Birthday Eats
Got any book recommendations?