Joy Kogawa’s novel Obasan, about a Japanese Canadian woman’s childhood experiences in a Canadian internment camp during WW II was an eye-opener. While I had previously heard about the round-up of all Japanese from the west coast and their exile to remote British Columbia towns and prairie farms, the novel brought home not only the …
This is wedding season, and I know of 3 weddings in the past month among our friends and extended family. We also attended a 70th wedding anniversary celebration! We are honoured to be among over 100 couples we know who have been together and/or married for 25 years or more. Those folks are doing …
More information shows that taking part in creative activities can help your brain develop new pathways in your brain, thus releasing the hormone – dopamine – that makes you feel good. It reduces the effects of stress by decreasing anxiety and depression, which contributes to more positive mental health. And good news for us seniors …
