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Aug 12 2015

Columns

Our family’s lesson in composting

Our family’s lesson in composting – August 7, 2015
Columbia Valley Pioneer

Compost

Tagged Agri Park Invermere, compost, composting, greenhouse, Groundswell Network Society, organic waste, reducing reusing recycling, Rotting Way, Slow Food, Summer Fair, Windermere Regional Landfill

Jul 22 2015

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Raising a kid costs how much?!

Raising a kid costs how much?! – July 17, 2015
Columbia Valley Pioneer

Tagged Cost of raising a kid, DINKS, double income no kids, Kootenay life, MoneySense, Parenting columnist

Jun 27 2015

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Teething can take a toll on parents’ sanity

Teething can take a toll on parents’ sanity – June 18, 2015
The Columbia Valley Pioneer

Tagged Columbia Valley Pioneer, Family Ties, gender-reveal parties, Hurricane Hazel, life's seasons, parenting column, playdates, teething, teething baby

May 11 2015

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The mother’s malleable heart

The Mother’s Malleable Heart – May 8, 2015
The Columbia Valley Pioneer

Tagged Columbia Valley, Columbia Valley Pioneer, Father's Day, Invermere, Mother's Day, Mother's Day column, Motherhood, Mountain Ridge Early Learning Program, preschool, Windermere

Apr 25 2015

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Nature Deficit Disorder in children

Nature Deficit Disorder in children – April 17, 2015
The Columbia Valley Pioneer

Tagged Columbia Valley, Columbia Valley Pioneer, David Bond, get outside, Marketing Director for nature, Nature Deficit Disorder, NDD in children, Project Wild Thing, Wildsight

Mar 28 2015

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Then and now – finding a happy parenting medium

Then and now – finding a happy parenting medium – March 27, 2015
Columbia Valley Pioneer

Tagged car seat, cloth diapers, Dr. Google, finding a happy parenting medium, five-point harness, happy parenting medium, Mother Earth, reinvent the wheel, Then and now, today's parents, Toys 'R Us

Feb 15 2015

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The ever-sifting sands of time

The ever-sifting sands of time – February 13, 2015
The Columbia Valley Pioneer

Tagged baby monitor, bouncing baby, caffeine dependence, Columbia Valley, Columbia Valley Pioneer, eight-hour sleep, Invermere, kids grow up, mom and dad, nighttime awakenings, nothing lasts forever, nursing, raising kids, sands of time, wrangle-free zone

Jan 22 2015

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Winter, you ain’t half bad

Becoming a family unit in the midst of winter – January 16, 2015
Columbia Valley Pioneer

Tagged bob skates, Bob stroller, Columbia Valley, Columbia Valley Pioneer, Guinness Book of World Records, ice fishing, Invermere Light Up Festival, Invermere Snowflake Festival, Invermere Whiteway, Panorama Mountain Village, skating, snowboarding, tobogganing, valley time, Winter, winter fun, Winter in Motion

Dec 14 2014

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Stuff, stuff, inglorious stuff

Stuff, stuff, inglorious stuff – December 12, 2014
Columbia Valley Pioneer

Tagged clutter, Columbia Valley Pioneer, freelance editor, freelance writer, giving spirit, hand-me downs, Invermere, minimalism, minimalism with kids, Ms. Minimalism, planes trains and automobiles, Santa, stuff management, stuff stuff inglorious stuff, things that go, world of imagination

Dec 03 2014

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The Health Nut

Nutritious Algae

Nutritious Algae – Greens from the Sea
Alive Magazine – May 2014

Tagged algae health benefits, algae supplements, algae used as supplements, Alive Magazine, blue-green algae, chlorella, eating algae, freshwater green algae, getting your greens, marine plant, nutritious algae, spirulina

Writer, editor & content creator