"A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.”

Henry D. Thoreau

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Thursday
Dec292022

Eat Local on a Budget Part 8 – Make Your Own Bread


By Janet Kroeker

No time to bake your own bread, you say? Maybe, by the end of this article, I can convince you to try.

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Tuesday
Dec272022

Canadian Index of Wellbeing

by Gary Martens

All around us are warnings of a recession. I admit that for some this will indicate a rough time ahead, but it doesn’t have to. Our kids remember most fondly the small, one and a half story, old house we bought as a downgrade when we couldn’t pay the mortgage on the new one during the high interest rates of the 1980’s.

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Tuesday
Dec202022

Re-thinking Christmas Lifestyle

By Tim Kroeker

At this time of the year, one's thoughts turn quite naturally to Stonehenge and Dr. Seuss ...or mine did.

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Tuesday
Dec132022

Out of Balance

by George Klassen

Our planet Earth was wonderfully created, a world with many systems in balance. Within a few short decades, human activity has dramatically affected those systems, throwing them out of balance.

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Tuesday
Dec062022

Consider Your Worldview

by Gary Martens

A worldview is a set of beliefs that is the foundation for our understanding of life and the world. This set of beliefs is a lens through which we interpret what we see and experience in the world. I think it is a good idea to be aware of our worldview and to be able to articulate it. It explains a lot about a person.

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