Articles About People
Understanding The U.S. Electoral College
If you follow any US Presidential election, you have most likely heard about the “Electoral College". It’s not a well-understood process even in the United States. And it is once again making the news as the nation gears up for the 2024 Presidential Election. Mostly,...
Please Stop Asking How Much Charities Pay Staff
Since the beginning of the pandemic small communities across North America have begun to experience many issues that were once prominent in larger cities. Challenges brought on by a lack of mental health resources, inflationary pressure, and economic uncertainty have...
Living With Chronic Illness
Living with chronic illness sneaks up on you. It can move so slowly you don’t even feel its creeping presence. One day you realize that you are doing fewer of the things you enjoy. You don’t go out as much. When you do, you go without your partner. Vacations and even...
Skydrive 2022 Was More Than an Airshow
Ever since the Wright Brothers tamed the air with the Wright Flyer, people have been drawn to fields worldwide to watch airplanes fly. Masses of people used to flock to Huffman’s Prarie in Dayton, Ohio to watch the Wright Brothers fly their machine. Each week they...
De Havilland Mosquito: Building The Pest Hitler Couldn’t Swat
The Canadian Aviation Museum sits on the west side of Windsor Airport and occupies a large, old hangar. This space was used in World War II to house planes that were used in pilot training before the young men were sent into action. It seems fitting that this...
The Dietitian vs. Me and my Reluctance
The Dietitian Became Needed “What is your relationship to food?” is essentially what I was asked. What kind of hippy-dippy talk is that? “How do I feel about food?” More of the same. I like it and I eat too much of it. I mean, that's essentially why I started talking...
A Happy Buzz Around Beekeeping
Bees take some getting used to, but Lindsey and her husband have been keeping bees, and enjoying the honey, for over a decade. “I think humans, in general, have a very visceral reaction to things that buzz and things that are striped,” mused Lindsey. “It's...
Floating Homes and Big Ideas in Wallaceburg
In 2019 a new company made its home in Wallaceburg, Ontario. The news around Twin Dolphin/Strong House Canada was that it intended to build floating homes, which garnered the moniker “the houseboat people” for the founders, Alex Topol and his son Mischa. Sally Joyce...