Living

This week I answer reader mail: Q. How can I tame my boulevard? It has five wild cherry stumps that are still budding and are homes for ants and their friends. They are surrounded by thick ivy and blackberry plants.

Mazda is making a sweeping change in its product lineup, starting with the new CX-5. Its the first Mazda to feature the full range of the new SkyActiv technologies that are redefining this automaker.

I escaped death in the garden by half an inch last week while pushing a cracked bamboo pole into all-too-solid soil. It abruptly broke vertically.

Good book and cool beverage on the deck works fine

When baby boomers no longer need minivans and SUVs when their kids have grown up and moved away, what do they look for? First, they need something new and different, something that tells others they carve a unique spot in life despite "getting older.

?Alzheimer Society of B.C. hosts a workshop, Getting to Know Dementia, Wednesday, July 25, 1 to 3 p.m. at at Harold & Veronica Savage Centre for Supportive Care at Delta Hospice, 4631 Clarence Taylor Cres. Pre-registration required.

When my sons were little, they had issues with tomatoes. And beans. And cottage cheese. If there was any hope that they'd eat a glob of mashed potatoes, I had to turn it into a clown's face. I cajoled. I pleaded.