Poll: Do you wear sunscreen?

Last month's poll In our last poll, we discussed our particular exercise styles. With 40 total voters, 55% prefer to exercise solo, 5% like exercising in group situations the best, 37.5% like a combination of exercising by themselves and with others, and 2.5% don't exercise. Glad to see that only…

Life Lessons: A Reflection on Passions

Because it was Canada Day on Thursday, I was able to score a four-day weekend. It was wonderful to have four lovely long days to myself, especially because the weather was beautiful. With the boyfriend out of town doing fieldwork, I occupied my time with plenty of writing. I have…

Peanut Butter Banana Pudding Cake Recipe

Giveaway Winner And the winner of the Tropical Traditions Organic Coconut Flour giveaway is... Sophia! She of the comment: Wow, I would LOVE to try this in a pizza crust!!! SO amazing! Is the coconut taste strong? I once made banana muffins, and forgot the sugar. Thankfully the bananas in…

Hiking through forests and over mountains

Don’t forget to enter the coconut flour giveaway! Two weekends ago, the boyfriend and I went on our first back-country camping trip together. Although I camped and hiked every summer with my family when I was younger, I had never experienced a full day of hiking, then setting up camp,…

Product Review and Giveaway: Tropical Traditions Coconut Flour

Tropical Traditions recently sent me a large 1-kg bag of organic coconut flour to review. After taste-testing their coconut oil, I was quite eager to try coconut flour (their coconut flour has one ingredient: organic dried coconut). Disclaimer: Tropical Traditions provided me with a free sample of this product to…

What I Learned from University

Today I am picking up my university diploma. I opted for a simple 3-year Bachelor of Arts. I want a career in editing and writing, and that is something that you really learn a lot more from experience rather than from spending years upon years in university studying. The degree…