practical insight from the heavenly spheres
A few years ago, my mother gave me some old cookbooks and recipe cards handed down from various women in our family tree: both of my grandmothers, my maternal great-grandmother, and my grandmother-in-law. At the […]
My latest story in Edify is a deep(er) dive on natural wines. I really wanted to dig into this topic further and explore what’s going on with natural wines in Edmonton particularly. I spoke with […]
One of my recent stories was just published on the newly-launched Edify website. It’s a piece about local food incubators/collectives, featuring interviews with Kirsta Franke of The Public and Chris Lerohl of Uproot Food Collective. […]
Over the seven years that we’ve lived in our current home, we’ve transformed the backyard into a robust urban garden. We moved here in August 2013 and left things as they were for the first […]
Food, Fringe 2019, Theatre, Wine
Finding the best food and drink pairings at the Fringe is a finely honed skill that I’ve developed over the past 12 years of spending way too much time on the Fringe grounds during marathon […]
I recently tasted some honey from a local Edmonton beekeeper using a Flow Hive. If you’re not familiar, the Flow Hive is a new type of beehive design that started making the rounds on social […]
Last fall, I did a blind tasting of some honey samples from local Edmonton beehives. I was asked to do so by Dustin Bajer, one of Edmonton’s beekeeping experts and fellow Food Council member, on behalf […]
Speak in favour of one thing and everyone will automatically assume you’re against its opposite. It’s a tempting but flawed logical leap that happens all the time in the food community. I’m sure it’s not […]
*This is the third post in my mini food travelogue on Haida Gwaii. Click here to read part one and click here to read part two. The soup was great, but the community values were […]
*This is the second post in my mini food travelogue on Haida Gwaii. Click here to read part one, and click here to read part three. Hungry and haggard from air travel, we stumbled into […]
*This is the first post in my mini food travelogue on Haida Gwaii. Click here to read part two, and click here to read part three. Gwaii is weird. That’s a massive generalization and far […]
All, Food, Theatre, Uncategorized, Wine
I have resigned from Vue Weekly. As of July 6, 2016 I will no longer be Dish/News Editor for the paper. This was a very difficult decision and not one I made lightly, as Vue […]
2025 is the second-most astrologically active year of the current decade, after 2020 itself. Join Mel as she takes a look at what’s coming in the year ahead, which promises to be a wild ride. We’ll start by taking a look at the major astrological transits of the decade to gain a broader perspective, then zoom in on some of the specifics of 2025 itself.
Annual profections are a simple yet powerful timing technique in traditional natal astrology. Using this technique, you can identify the specific planets and houses that will be activated for any given year, and therefore learn which themes and events might manifest during that time period. This presentation teaches you how to calculate annual profections and apply them to natal charts.
This is a recording of a webinar that was presented to the Tucson Astrologers’ Guild on September 9, 2023.
Twin charts present a particularly fascinating challenge for astrologers. Twelfth parts (also known as dwadasamsas/dwads or dodecatemoria) are a simple and surprisingly effective technique that yields useful results when applied to twin charts. You can use this technique for any natal chart, no need to be a twin! This presentation is a recording of a weinbar presented to OPA on July 16, 2023.
This presentation will intrigue you with fascinating astronomical facts and astrological connections, dazzle you with gorgeous astrophotography, and inspire you to reunite the two halves of the heavenly spheres. This is a recording of a workshop presented to the Toronto Astrological Society on November 19, 2022.
Join a born and raised Edmontonian to learn about the astrology of Edmonton’s natal chart. Find out what was happening in the sky during key events in Edmonton’s history, such as the Black Friday tornado in 1987, the Leduc No. 1 oil discovery in 1946, and the Edmonton Oilers’ first Stanley Cup win in 1984. This is a recording of a lecture that was presented to the Edmonton Astrological Society on November 11, 2022.
In this presentation, learn the astromonical basics of eclipses, how to spot them in an astrology chart, how to interpret them in both mundane and natal astrology, how to incorporate Saros cycles in your interpretations, and some remediation techniques for eclipse season. This is a recording of a lecture presented to the Atlantic Professional Astrologers’ Association on July 12, 2023.
