Reader feedback on Strutz, Forever Comfy and Table-Mate
The Beacon Journal asked readers to share their thoughts on products being tested for our “Does It Work?” series. Here’s what they had to say: Strutz “I have used Strutz arch supports. I have fallen...
View ArticleIf Legal Rules Can't Keep Up With Change in Surveillance Technology, How...
A year or two from now, when investigators have taken stock of all the revelations in the NSA records released by Edward Snowden, the verdict is likely to be that the exposed NSA surveillance...
View ArticleHarry Styles' Exes Taylor Swift and Cara Delevingne Bond With a Butt Slap at...
Looks like Harry Styles is a non-issue for these two lovely ladies! Taylor Swift and Cara Delevingne showed there's no bad blood between the pair, who have both been romanced in the past by One...
View ArticleFor Some Authors, What's Love Got to Do With It?
Under my previous post, about similarities in literature, commenter "Little Princess" rightly noted that a very frequent fiction theme is "boy meets girl." But some past and present novelists don't...
View ArticleAre Separate Bedrooms the New Black?
Lucy and Ricky. Laura and Rob. June and Ward. What did these famous TV couples have in common? They slept in separate beds. From the 1930s through the late 1960s, the Hays Code, a series of guidelines...
View ArticleLove and a Little Pollution
Sonal Mansingh's school, Centre for Indian Classical Dances, seems an unlikely place for pop philosophy. Yet, at the entrance to the hall, Mansingh has hung a poster with a poem that reads, "People...
View ArticleFun ways to rekindle spark in your marriage
If you think romance has died out in your marriage, here are ways to bring it back Set aside a particular time to talk Often you feel love has gone out of the window when you and your spouse do not...
View ArticleFun ways to rekindle the spark in your marriage
If you think romance has died out in your marriage, here are ways to bring it back Set aside a particular time to talk Often you feel love has gone out of the window when you and your spouse do not...
View ArticleQ&A: Home & Family's Cristina Ferrare talks career, cooking, family
Cristina Ferrare's life has always been action-packed. From supermodel to super-chef, the TV host's career path hasn't been traditional, but her values and sensibility most definitely are. Ferrare,...
View ArticleIn wait of the complete man
Alvina Clara, Nov 9, 2013 ‘Yes, I Do’, albeit only three words, is the longest commitment that anyone can make. From ‘Ms’ to ‘Mrs’, it is a colossal turn-around, and it is no wonder that the new-age...
View ArticleHow do you handle disappointing sex in a relationship?
Many singles in Vancouver have a difficult time meeting someone to date, but what happens when you finally do meet that potential partner and there are a few obstacles to deal with? You seem to have a...
View ArticleI’ve sexted a man I’ve never met
Q I’m in an awful panic and don’t know where else to turn. I started using an online dating app called Tinder last week. It was fun at first, flicking left and right on guys’ pictures and profiles and...
View ArticleThanksgiving dinner: How to mix it up without sacrificing tradition
Some cooks like to change up the Thanksgiving meal — a sous vide turkey here, a sweet potato souffle there. But on a holiday dedicated to tradition, innovation can spark revolt. "Know your audience,"...
View ArticleDefining, and Raising, a ‘Healthy Eater’
“You are what you eat, from your head down to your feet!” As I wrote when posing the current “New Parent, Old Parent” question on Booming, those of us growing up in the 1970s had the benefit of having...
View ArticleIntercultural dating - does it matter?
As noted in previous articles on interfaith and interracial dating, the options are much more available since the advent of the Internet dating sites that offer such a variety of people to date. If...
View Article>Book Review: 'Christmas Romance: The Best Christmas Romance of 2013,' by...
For fans of inspirational love stories, Christmas Romance is a wonderful anthology to cuddle up with this holiday season. Written by four best-selling romance authors, these stories will warm your...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Christmas Romance: The Best Christmas Romance of 2013'
For fans of inspirational love stories, Christmas Romance is a wonderful anthology to cuddle up with this holiday season. Written by four best-selling romance authors, these stories will warm your...
View Article'If Elves Were To Make Love They’d Probably Be Tantric Lovers': Orlando...
When die hard Lord of The Rings fans heard that Orlando Bloom was reprising his role as Legolas for The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug, no doubt it was welcomed news to many. However, hard core Hobbit...
View ArticleEverything I Knew About Dating I Learned From 19th Century Novels. Huge...
A younger and much less wise version of myself once had a crush on a certain boy. He was cute, he was smart, and he was just a little bit too full of himself. In other words, he was my Darcy. Whenever...
View ArticleWholonics: The Structure and Dynamics of Wholeness
Excerpt from THE ENLIVENED SELF eBook series. “Everything is both part of a greater system and a whole thing unto itself.” Immanuel Kant Just as our thoughts and actions are affected by our parents...
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