The Pedalogue

What's happening lately? Every day lately there's been something on the news about people dying right here in our own city and neigh...

The other day I got news that one of the original "bloggettes" (Ellen aka DrOma) had passed away suddenly. Since then, a lot of us...

Whistler has something for everyone. It’s a pedestrian-only village with more than 200 stores for shopping, spa therapies, and luxurious ho...

Lower back pain, also known as lumbago, affects 7 out of 10 people at some time in their lives. The pain can come on suddenly, slowly or be ...

George Grant Mackay was the Scottish civil engineer who built the original suspension bridge in 1889. The suspension bridge currently stret...

One great thing you have to say about 1967 was the music. The Doors were riding high on the charts. The Jefferson Airplane and Van Morrison ...

I feel so BLESSED today because both my daughters, my son-in-law and my grandson came for dinner last night. It was very casual but it'...

I went to my very first real rock concert on August 2/07! Now don't get me wrong - I have been to concerts in my lifetime. I've see...

This evening I went for a walk at Boundary Bay Regional Park which is only about a five-minute drive from my home. Josie recently put a post...

Today I noticed my clematis (KLEM-uh-tiss) is in full bloom. Early this spring, I had chopped it down right to the ground and it has sprung ...

Writing a book is tough work but writing a memoir full of tragedy is tougher. It takes a lot of strength to go back in time and relive histo...

Well, I've been "schmoozed" like a lot of you have been lately. It was an honour, but as there have been quite a few memes an...

I'm feeling blue today - I think it's all this rain we're getting again! Yesterday would have been my mother's 87th birthda...

Every hour in Pakistan, a woman is assaulted, beaten, burned with acid, or killed in the "accidental" explosion of a cooking-gas c...

What do the following people have to do with me? Read on... Tom aka Patterns of Ink has tagged me with this thing and since I've neve...

Oh my gawd! For so long we were moaning about the rain and now it's so #*&%# HOT I feel like I'm melting. Is it this global warm...

God help me, I love chocolate! There was an article in the Vancouver Sun today about how dark chocolate helps lower blood pressure without d...