Living

It can pay to check your banking arrangements - especially in these days of very low interest rates.

They call it Blue Monday, the third Monday in the month of January.

The Men's Health Big Book of Exercises, by Adam Campbell, Rodale, 472 pages, $30. It doesn't matter how old you are or how fit you are, the fact is we can all be better.

Gina Cook knew next to nothing about reiki when her yoga-teacher sister suggested she give the alternative healing technique a try.

Naturopathic physician Robyn Prescott of Lynn Valley’s Restoration Health Clinic is presenting a health talk, entitled Natural Medicine and Brain Health, Jan. 26 at 10 a.m. at Silver Harbour Seniors’ Activity Centre.

Willa Bell of Highlands Preschool invites the community to her school’s annual Children’s Sale on Saturday, Jan. 30 from 9 a.m. to noon at Highlands United Church, 3255 Edgemont Blvd., North Vancouver.

Commando Dad: New Recruits by Neil Sinclair (Chronicle Books, 192 pages) $22.

Memories reach back three decades

Waste Free Kitchen Handbook, by Dana Gunders, Chronicle Books, 200 pages, $26 Having a waste free kitchen refers to all aspects of food management.

Fog is my least favourite weather, but in our recent bout of "fog warnings" I found great joy in appreciating the heavily frosted grasses, twigs and flower heads that remained in the garden.