Category Archives: TGIF

SNOW Why do we love or hate snow in our neighbourhood? What does it teach us, when we confront it? How do we treat it? Is it the icing on the cake? Is it the magnifying glass that exposes the … Continue reading →

RESOLUTIONS for 2022, Part 3 In case you have been following my blogs, you noticed that I took another break, after RESOLUTIONS for 2022, Part 2, posted on Dec.13. It wasn’t so much a period of writer’s block, as much … Continue reading →

RESOLUTIONS for 2022, Part 2 If you didn’t read last week’s TGIF on the Boulevard, or have never heard of James Clear, I wrote about his book called Atomic Habits. This week, I’d like to introduce you to Julia Cameron’s … Continue reading →

RESOLUTIONS for 2022, Part 1 On January 1, 2021, I posted one of my first TGIF on the Boulevard articles. I was asking what you thought was in store for us in 2021: getting used to a New Normal; finding … Continue reading →

DRAWDOWN, Part 2 Paul Hawken is the editor of the New York Times Bestseller, DRAWDOWN: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming, published in 2017. “In atmospheric terms, drawdown is that point in time at which greenhouse … Continue reading →

DRAWDOWN, Part 1 Paul Hawken, author and activist, edited the book called Drawdown in 2017. His journey began in 2001, when he started asking scientists and environmental experts what we needed to do to reverse global warming. But the answers … Continue reading →

MILK KEFIR I’d like to tell you about my experience making milk kefir, a fermented milk product like yogurt but a lot more nourishing than yogurt. It’s not thick, like the store-bought yogurt, but that wasn’t a surprise to me. … Continue reading →

Hi Neighbour, I’m sorry I missed you last Friday, but I was busy getting ready for the Great Grand Boulevard Pumpkin Walk on Saturday afternoon. The Grand Boulevard Residents Association (GBRA) were invited to set up a tent and be … Continue reading →

Hi Neighbour, Do you know about the Halloween event that the City of North Vancouver (CNV) is planning to have on October 30th? The Community and Partner Engagement Department chose Grand Boulevard as the venue for a first-time Halloween event … Continue reading →

Third Quarter – Done! Well done, I say! It’s fun to think that we’ve managed to keep TGIF on the Boulevard going for three quarters of a year. Who could have predicted this? It began as an experiment last December, … Continue reading →