October 2017 - MUSING and grumbling

Happy Halloween! (2017)

This is the first year in I don’t know how long where I’ve had time not just to think about Halloween but to really prepare.… Continue reading Happy Halloween! (2017)

PUBLISHED ON October 31, 2017October 31, 2017in Entertainment
audio, halloween, heavy metal, horror, movies, music, podcasts, television

Polar bears standing on an ice covered pond.

Lunch with a polar bear

A year ago I was getting ready to leave for Churchill, Manitoba – because it was polar bear season and I wanted to see polar… Continue reading Lunch with a polar bear

PUBLISHED ON October 9, 2017April 25, 2018in Nature & Wildlife, Society & Culture
bears, Churchill, learning, Manitoba, polar bears, tourism, wildlife

Healthy, vegan, neither, or both?

Did you see any headlines declaring vegetarianism a cause of heart disease this summer? I did. And, of course, as a long-time vegetarian I had… Continue reading Healthy, vegan, neither, or both?

PUBLISHED ON October 6, 2017October 5, 2017in Veganism
diet, food, health, junk food, media, science, vegan, vegetarian

College, or the NBA?

Our household’s TIFF experience this year, as I mentioned in my last post, included a screening of the basketball documentary The Carter Effect. I enjoyed the… Continue reading College, or the NBA?

PUBLISHED ON October 4, 2017October 4, 2017in Education, Sports
basketball, college, college basketball, degrees, diplomas, NBA, The Carter Effect, Toronto raptors, university, Vince Carter