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“Very many factors go to the building of sound morale…but one of the greatest is that men be fully employed at useful and interesting work. Idleness is a dangerous breeding ground.” –Winston Churchill Last week we explored the fact that idleness kills...

It’s your favourite post of year readers! That’s right, it’s my roundup of the best gift ideas for women in Canada. There’s a LOT to read, so let’s jump in shall we? Ignite the Light + Conferring With The Flowers Dresses – $80 each @ Ever Rose These...

By Michael Lanza For our spring ascent of the Mountaineers Route on California’s 14,505-foot Mount Whitney—highest peak in the Lower 48—my 15-year-old son (in lead photo, above, approaching our high camp below Whitney’s East Face) and I used technical...

It all started with a question, one my parents had been unable to answer for 70 years. What happened to the French doctor they had taken in during the Russian siege of Budapest? He was an escaped prisoner of war. They were just trying to hang on. Together...

Sunday 10th May 2015. I woke at 5.00 am when the heating turned itself on. As I swung my legs out of bed I could understand why. A definite nip in the air this morning that decries Spring. I know I needn’t have got up but I was ready too and I certainly...