by Stephanie Staples | photos by Carolyn Cousins -  "We don't need a guide!" "Ummm, maybe you don't need a guide, but I need a guide!" And so the conversation went with my friend Carolyn, the president of the Peninsula Newcomers Club; she wanted to do the West Coast Trail and so did I; she …

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by Tina Kelly -  Sold out! Not a single fruit tree was available at garden centres across the country. This made Wellington, New Zealand headlines in 2008. I was living abroad, the recession was in full swing and rising food costs were impacting everyone. Suddenly self-proclaimed non-gardeners were interested in growing their own food, or …

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by Sue Hodgson -  Dayle McMillan's Inside Out column this month (Healthy Self, Healthy Relationships, pg 25) really resonated with me. It might be because I'm going through a few extraordinary circumstances right now, which at times have created doubt about some of the relationships I have in my life. Don't get me wrong: I …

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