– by Doreen Marion Gee – Do you run out of gift ideas during the holidays? And wonder what will light up the face of that hard-to-buy-for person? The interesting shops at Mattick’s Farm have something unique and beautiful for everyone on your shopping list this year. With its Scandinavian roots, The Ladybug Boutique […]
– by Doreen Marion Gee – This is part of a rotating series of articles on members of Sidney Meet Up, featuring people in business on the Saanich Peninsula. One starry night in October, there was magic in the air. Happy people received Crystal Awards for Business Excellence from the Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce
The Talk of the Town: Norman Jean’s Closet
– by Valerie Green – Throughout history, women have lost children for many different reasons such as difficult births resulting in stillborn infants or deaths from such diseases as pneumonia, scarlet fever or smallpox. Today, parents are losing children to an equally horrific kind of death. The tragic end of young lives, which can no
When you’re young, getting caught up in the spirit of the holiday season is easy: Santa, his reindeer, the possibility of a white Christmas, gifts under the tree and countless other things all combine to make December simply magical. Speaking of magic, I believed in Santa Claus until I was 12 years old. Yes: 12!
Forget everything you know and love about physical magazines. Forget their length. Forget their size. Forget their publishing schedule. Forget everything but what it’s like to come to the end, and to take a deep breath. Doesn’t it feel great? Over the years, we’ve watched technology grow like a child: it starts out mostly crying
