This blog is based on a TELUS Health Senior Care newsletter โFall prevention for older adults: 7 tips to help prevent falls & injuriesโ - May 14, 2026 - Edited for length and detail. For the original publication click here. [While I endorse the content of the TELUS guide the products named below are one... Continue Reading →
A new map projection changes the global conversation
[KJG] Some years ago I was in a meeting with Sierra Club of BC leaders. Along one side of the room was a very large digital printer. I enquired why they required such a large device. They explained that if they arrived at a meeting with a map, their own map, they often controlled the... Continue Reading →
The view from above — Wildfire choppers
The Tyee joins a helicopter crew on a critical day in the battle to stop the Ainslie Creek wildfire. Tyler Olsen is a senior editor at The Tyee. He lives in Lillooet. For the full article in THE TYEE go here. Additional images and comment. Highly recommended The helicopter tilts right, then banks hard to... Continue Reading →
Fireside chat
I have always imagined a โfireside chatโ as the place where two people enjoy conversation and libations in front of a roaring fireplace in an English country house. or a remote Canadian cabin. I have enjoyed both over the years, where the conversation included politics of all sorts and stripes, religion, photography, biography, literature, music.... Continue Reading →
Meeting Mother Earth, again
Creating...One thread...One stitch...At a time Slowly Some of us enjoy fast food, fast travel, or fast talking. Others, however, like to take things slow. I want to introduce you, dear reader, to Hilary Rice who lives, and thrives, slowly, with priest husband Mike near Madoc, Ontario. Kathie and I first met this couple at the... Continue Reading →
Honored by your enemies — The Roger Worthington story
By Lesley Clark, Hailey Fuchs, Corbin Hiar and Chelsea Harvey 07/15/2026 This blog is edited for length. For the entire history goto POLITICO here. It's well worth your time. Itโs a rare occurrence for a private lawyer to be hauled before a congressional committee and be deposed. But in the sharply political world of climate... Continue Reading →
My personal tips for low-vision photographers
So great to find an article recently on Photoblogger.com about low-vision photography. With other โlegally blindโ photographers, (<20/200, uncorrectable) I am not alone in facing challenges using my digital mirrorless camera (Fuji XT-5), a machine designed with fully sighted photographers in mind, though increasingly responding to the needs of us living with sight challenges. Chris... Continue Reading →
AI and a bottle of water, every time you request assistance
Reposted from Space Daily Editorial Team ยท Editorial process - First published June 3, 2026 The figure for a single email comes from a 2025 peer-reviewed paper in Communications of the ACM by Pengfei Li, Shaolei Ren, and colleagues at the University of California, Riverside. The paper, titled โMaking AI Less Thirsty,โ sets out the... Continue Reading →
Forget the โWind beneath your wingsโ โ What really matters is the stuff beneath your feet
The Good Book says: Who having ten silver coins, if they lose one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until it is found? โ Luke 15:8 [Ken Gray] Many years ago we had a Yellow Lab named Cleo. As with all our dogs we often went to the... Continue Reading →
Houston, we have a problem
[Ken Gray] This past week has been a horror show of personal technological challenges. I am normally pretty good at solving glitches, at creating digital workarounds, at reaching out to support systems when necessary. This past week, however, was different. In preparing for a funeral I needed to edit a Youtube video. Easy-peasy I thought.... Continue Reading →