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Clothing designs help bring water to Africa

IT'S time to confess: For a writer with a column about tech, I'm not very technical. I don't write software. I don't code. I don't create websites.

SWEET, low in calories, thirst-quenching, and full of nutrients, melons are at their best this time of year.

Happy Birthday Hamster by Cynthia Lord, illustrated by Derek Anderson (Scholastic, New York) $20 My Friend Henry by Philippe Beha (Scholastic Canada) $17 BIRTHDAYS are really exciting when you are actually young enough to anticipate the joys of getti

"WERE you a good girl today?" Listen to parents when they are picking up their children at preschool or daycare and you will invariably hear this comment. Many of the comments we make to our children are not helpful and often harmful.

PARENTS seeking local activities for their children this summer have a new resource at their fingertips.

. Small Log Homes by Robbin Obomsawin (Gibbs Smith Publishers, 87 pages) $20 THE rustic appeal of log construction never goes away.

SUMMERTIME, "and the livin' is easy" - goes the song - but not for the birds. For them it's a busy time of raising young, and some preparing for their long migrations.

PHO, the fragrant broth and noodle soup of Vietnam that has achieved global notoriety, is my go-to recovery meal.

IF you're feeling stressed, overworked or suffering from illness, then the garden is the place to go to ease and distract your mind so you can relax, recharge and heal your body and soul.