Author: Ashta
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Half Music Half Esther Part 2
Part 2 of what we started last week on The Sweet and Sour Variety Hour. Half music and the second half of a one-hour conversation between Adam Grant and Esther Perel which aired on her new podcast called How’s Work (of which I highly recommend!) Here is the file, airing via CHLY 101.7FM on Wednesday…
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Tracking Life
For the past year and a half, I have kept a life log that has, over time, revealed patterns in my life that now completely informs how I live. It all started as a method of birth control called FAM, but soon turned into my own little accountability reference aid that has connected me to…
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Uses for Young Maple Flower
It is that time in the spring that tender green flowers are emerging from the buds of what I like to refer to as The Maple Syrup Tree. Added whole into a stew at the very end will barely cook the buds, which mean they keep a bright colour and retain a little crunch. This…
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Half Happy Tunes Half Esther Perel on Work
This week on The Sweet and Sour Variety Hour, we hear some upbeat music for half an hour, and then we hear the first half of a one-hour conversation between Adam Grant and the brilliant Esther Perel which aired on her new podcast called How’s Work (of which I highly recommend!) Here is the file,…
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Pregnancy and Childbirth Survey
Haven’t done one of these in a looong time! Hello 2008! -What do you remember about finding out you were pregnant? With F, being shocked at how soon after we’d “pulled the goalie” that I got pregnant (3 weeks), and saying “oh my gawwdd” back and forth to one another in amazement. With J, being…
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Spring Music and Nanaimo Chronicles New Podcast, Inside
On this week’s episode of The Sweet and Sour Variety Hour, 50 minutes of a wild ride through a few different kinds of music, followed by an installment of Tod Maffin’s Nanaimo Chronicles Podcast – Inside. Here is the file, airing to over a million humans in the Coast Salish area around the 101.7FM transmitter…