Living

Spring is unfolding on the North Shore with butterflies, birds and wildflowers delighting our senses.

New England Farmgirl, by Jessica Robinson, Gibbs Smith Publishers, 192 pages, $40. Farm fresh.

Approximately 100 people took part in the sixth annual Heart Day Walk, held recently at Cates Park. Hosted by North Vancouver’s Harding family, the event supports the Children’s Heart Network.

Community agency settling into new home

Last month, I took my family on a vacation to Palm Springs, Calif. We stayed in a home formerly owned by Darryl Zanuck, the legendary movie producer of the 1940s and 1950s.

The Complete Aromatherapy Essential Oils Handbook for Everyday Wellness , by Nerys Purchon and Lora Cantele, Robert Rose Inc., 480 pages, $25. Essential oils have been used for centuries but they are more readily available today than ever before.

The following is a selection of volunteer opportunities made available through Volunteer North Shore, a service of North Shore Community Resources Society.

At the moment, I am looking forward to the date this column will be published and I just want to say . . . sorry. This topic is not exactly very, uh, palatable, before a big sit-down dinner, even if Fido is present.

Almost everyone has heard the age-old fitness question: What do you bench? It relates to your one-rep maximum for the bench press, a foundational strength exercise. Here's a hint, in certain circles, an answer less than 1.

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