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Untreated hypothyroidism could contribute to infertility, menstrual issues, it is a risk factor in heart disease and osteoporosis and could lead to a life threatening condition, myxedema coma. If present in pregnancy, it could lead to problems in children including poor growth and mental deficiency. The longer thyroid replacement is done, the less likely it will be to discontinue as the thyroid comes to depend on the additional synthetic hormone. Fortunately, naturopathic medicine has a lot to offer!

If you have low thyroid, it might not be too late to try to correct the problem without turning to synthetic hormones. If you’ve been taking hormones for a while or if the problem is severe enough to warrant a prescription right away, there are still important ways you can support your thyroid and your overall health by addressing the underlying cause of the problem (though you may not be able to discontinue the drug).

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Is it an autoimmune condition? Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is an autoimmune condition of the thyroid and the most common cause of low thyroid in Canada. Doctors can test for the presence of antibodies to your thyroid with a blood test. Knowing if you have an autoimmune condition is important and will change how a naturopathic doctor assesses and treats you. Having one autoimmune condition may predispose you to others. For example, celiac disease (an autoimmune condition that causes a severe reaction to gluten) has been associated with Hashimoto’s.

Food sensitivities Even if celiac disease is not present, other food sensitivities may be at play. Food sensitivities may make it harder for your thyroid to function properly so I always asses for this. Digestive symptoms such as gas, bloating, diarrhea or constipation are sure signs that food sensitivities should be ruled out. Caution: if you are considering trying a gluten free diet to see if it helps your thyroid please get tested for celiac disease first, it is not possible to test once you are on a gluten free diet.

Hormone imbalance Our hormones are incredibly complex and interconnected. Like a spider web, pull on one side, and it will impact the whole web. Adrenal gland health, which is affected by many things including stress and overwork, will impact thyroid health. Hormones such as estrogen and progesterone also impact the thyroid directly, so if these are out of balance, there may be consequences to thyroid function.

Toxicity Exposure to toxins found in every day items can impact the thyroid. Here are just a couple of examples. Phalates, found in many household items such as toys, cosmetics, perfumes and solvents are known to disrupt thyroid function. Bromides used as flame retardants in plastics, fabrics and electronics may displace iodine and inhibit thyroid activity. Not only is it important to know about and limit your exposure to these toxins, supporting your liver to help you get rid of them is also helpful.

This is a small article about a big topic and is by no means exhaustive, there are other risk factors not listed here that your doctor will want to rule out. It is very important that your thyroid be adequately monitored so work together on this with your doctor. If you have low thyroid, hopefully I have inspired you to dig a little deeper to support your thyroid and in doing so, your overall health and well being.

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Scot takes the gloves off to take on the corporations (and the little things in life) in two showings of Dear Epson at the Royal. See page 16.

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Nick Thorburn returns to the Island, with Islands for a show at Lucky. See feature on page 15.

Georgia boys are still at it after 20 years. Their Canadian tour starts April 1 in Nanaimo and today in Victoria. See page 22.

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Monday’s resident comedy columnist heads to The Metro before taking the Halifax Comedy Festival.

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Singers and friends share songs of hope and courage for the Victoria Women’s Transition House at St. Aidan’s United.

Paintings inspired by the vibrant European streetscapes are on exhibition at West End Gallery until April 10.

last chance to see the live improvised serial soap opera at the Victoria Event Centre.

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Public viewing in the Elliot Building April 12-13.

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Club hosts a day of demos and sales, all related to British Cars. At Heritage Acres.

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More than 100 vendors fill the Mary Winspear Centre for the 20th year of the family event. From 9:30am to 4pm.

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winners anD lOsers - A no-holds-barred staged conversation between friends wraps the Deep End presentation series. April 11 and 12 at The Metro.

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last day to check out the films on the (really) big screen at the Royal B.C. Museum. imaxvictoria.com for details.

spring with a new weekly live dance – preceded by an hour of lessons every Friday night at the Dance Victoria studios. redhotswing.com.

jaunt around Royal Roads and indulge in some Easterthemed activities for Easter Seals. splashofcolor.ca.

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Shakespeare write the “true history” of Guy Fawkes and the thwarted Gunpowder Plot for King James? Runs April 22 - May 25 at the Belfry.

Court Theatre opens Margaret Atwood’s re-imagining of Homer’s Odyssey, from Penelope’s perspective. Until May 10.

art and sustainability at St. Ann’s Academy today and tomorrow. See page 18.

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Open Cinema marCh 26

Open Cinema hosts another multi-city hybrid cinema event (screening and discussion in person/online at the Victoria Event Centre and in Calgary) March 26. It starts with My Prairie Home, the musical, transgender coming-of-age doc on Rae Spoon. $10/20. Doors at 5:30pm. Opencinema.ca for full details.

2nD annual OlD-time tiDal wave: musiC anD DanCe marCh 28 - 29

Featuring bands and callers from Seattle, Vancouver and Cumberland with a Friday concert at St. Andrew’s Church and events throughout the day Saturday.

(Bluegrass brunch, followed by banjo, fiddle, clogging and singing workshops). Saturday Night OldTime Honky Tonk Dance: 7pm at Kirk Hall $10/$20 door. yomada.ca.

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and musings of Rae Spoon are the focus of Chelsea McMullan’s acclaimed doc, the next of Open Cinema’s hybrid cinema events March 26 at the Victoria Event Centre.

sparK festival until marCh 30

All-ages arts & sustainability festival brings together and showcases school programs, green business leaders, not-forprofit groups, artist, musicians, speakers and entertainers of all descriptions. St. Ann’s Academy, 835 Humboldt St. creativelyunitedfortheplanet.org.

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imax film festival until april 17

Six films, four weeks, one giant screen at the Royal B.C. Museum.

Passes, $36, imaxvictoria.com.

Discover all manner of marine goodies at this annual fundraiser for the Maritime Museum of BC. Ogden Point (the cruise ship terminal) on Dallas Road. mmbc. bc.ca. restOratiOn fair & swap meet april 13

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The Belfry Theatre presents its annual SPARK Festival, including such intriguing titles as Terminus (“Imagine a Tarantino film set to poetry”), Little Illiad (A Skype conversation between two characters, one about to ship out from Kingston, Ont. to Afghanistan), and When it Rains (“What looks like a graphic novel, makes you laugh, and breaks your heart?”). belfry.bc.ca.

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featuring cars for sale, car club displays, tools, parts, literature and collectibles, demonstrations and more, all related to British cars, 10am to 3pm, rain or shine at Heritage Acres. Take the Island View exit off Hwy 17 and turn left onto Lochside Dr. OaK BaY artists sprinG stuDiO tOur april 26 - 27

Enjoy this self-guided tour of artists working in a variety of media and living in the picturesque Oak Bay neighbourhood, just a few minutes from downtown, 12 to 4:30 p.m. both days. oakbayartists. com.

Churchill and his guitar are set to fill Lucky Bar April 15 with his soulful stylings, along with opener Matt Epp. Tickets, $15 advance, Lyle’s Place, Ditch Records and ticketweb.ca.

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Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard, the only guy in the classic rock band without the trademark facial hair, head to Save-OnFoods Memorial Centre. Tickets, from $39.50 at 250-220-7777. snOwBirD: a triBute tO anne murraY marCh 24

This multi-media show will take audiences back over four decades of hits, career highlights and songs like Cotton Jenny, Could I have this Dance, What

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Zucchero, the international sensation shares tex-mex sounds and dance-able rhythms at the McPherson Playhouse. Tickets, $45.50, rmts.bc.ca. nana mOusKOuri marCh 30

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The indie-rock faves with Vancouver Island roots are now based in L.A. and headed back to Victoria for a night at Lucky Bar (517 Yates). Tickets, $14, at Lyle’s Place, Ditch Records and ticketweb.ca.

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Celebrate 20 years with hits from 11 albums, from 1993’s Hints, Allegations and Things Left Unsaid to their soon-to-bereleased ninth album, See What

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The Victoria Children’s Choir, Louise Rose, and Kelby MacNayr and the Linden Singers sing of love, hope and courage. At St. Aidan’s United Church, 3707 St. Aidan’s, at 2:30pm. Proceeds will be shared with the Victoria Women’s Transition House.

Admission, $20 for adults, $18.00 for seniors. Under 25 free. heDleY, with uss april 10

The multiplatinum Canadian pop stars and Juno Award winners rock Victoria, with opening band USS (Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker).

Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre, Tickets, from $46.50. maureen washinGtOn & Quinn BaChanD april 10

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Maureen Washington Quartet featuring Karel Roessingh, Joey Smith and Damian Graham teams up with Quinn Bachand for the Oak Bay Upstairs Lounge Live Music Series. Doors at 6:30pm.

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Diva show-stoppers – Broadway, opera and pop music primarily from the Tony-Awardwinning musical Wicked come to the Royal Theatre.

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Dear Rouge joins approved heDleY- USS joins the Canadian pop stars at Save-Onthe Fast Romantics Foods Memorial Centre April 10. has hit the road with their second James Younger, come to Club full-length album, Afterlife Blues.

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Khovantchina: Introduction, Canadian singer-songwriter Vaughan Williams’ In the Fen Stephen Fearing and Belfast BaCK tO BaCh Country and Rimsky-Korsakov’s troubadour Andy White stop by april 12 - 13 Scheherazade, op. 35. University the Mary Winspear Centre for an Diemahler Chamber Music Centre Farquhar Auditorium. evening of roots harmony at 8pm. presents two events devoted Tickets at the UVic Ticket Centre, Tickets, $25, 250-656-0275 to the German composer, at St. 250-721-8480. or deepcovefolk.ca.

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Matt Epp shares the bill with The Manchester alt-indie stylings Both events begin at 2:30pm. the Aussie dynamo. Churchill of The 1975 come to Sugar Tickets, $25, rmts.bc.ca. comes to Lucky Bar 517 Yates Nightclub alongside Bad Suns at 8pm. Tickets, $15 advance, and Sir Sly. Doors at 8:00pm. pOrtlanD BarOQue Lyle’s Place, Ditch Records and Tickets, $18.00 at Ticketweb.ca. april 12 Early Music Society of the Islands ticketweb.ca. stage brings the orchestra, led by the ZOlas artistic director Monica Huggett, april 16 firewall to Alix Goolden Hall at 8pm. until marCh 23 The postmodern pop poetry of Tickets, $27, rmts.bc.ca.

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Firewall, a piece exploring the adverse effects of social media, is the result of a two-year-long collaboration, presented at the SPARK Festival. Tickets, $20, belfry.bc.ca.

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Enjoy a new ballet by local choreographer Paul Destrooper, performed to Stravinsky’s music, as part of a mixed program.

University Centre Farquhar Auditorium, UVic. 250-721-8480.

The Victoria Gilbert & Sullivan Society presents the international sensation H.M.S. Pinafore at Sidney’s Charlie White Theatre (and April 5 and 6 at the McPherson Playhouse). the fliCK until marCh 30

Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre presents the tale of three underpaid employees tending to one of the last 35 millimetre film projectors in a rundown movie theatre, while their heartbreaks prove more gripping than the lacklustre movies on screen. At the Roxy Theatre. Tickets, $26.2542, ticketrocket.org. seuss On staGe marCh 30

Dr. Suess’ children’s classic Green Eggs and Ham ends the Victoria Symphony’s Concerts for Kids series. Tickets to the fully-staged orchestral adaptation start at $25. rmts.bc.ca.

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Emily Windler’s one-woman clowning-meets-Don-Knotts physical theatre of Gary has a Date hits Intrepid Theatre Club.

Tickets, $15, at ticketrocket.org, 250-590-6291. sherlOCK hOlmes anD the Case Of the sussex vampire april 3 - 12

Craigdarroch Castle sets the scene for Giggling Iguana’s latest production, adapted from one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic Holmes stories by Tony Hubner and company founder Ian Case.

Holmes and Watson are drawn into the enigmatic situation of a Sussex tea merchant whose wife inexplicably displays a disturbing

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blood lust, putting her newborn son at risk. Tickets, $23/28 at thecastle.ca. the alChemY Of ChanCe april 4

Six professional artists, and six professionals in a creative field come together for an experiment in performance and chance.

Six 10-minute collaborative performances take The Metro Theatre (1411 Quadra) at 8pm April 4 in support of Ambiguous Arts Festivals Society. Tickets, on a sliding scale from $15-50, available at ticketrocket.org.

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Following sold-out Victoria performances in 2011, Alvin Ailey’s dancers – hailed as America’s cultural ambassadors to the world – present an exceptional mixed program of contemporary favourites and spirit-lifting classics such as Ailey’s masterpiece Revelations.

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Can William Shakespeare write the “true history” of Guy Fawkes and the thwarted Gunpowder Plot for King James – without losing his head? At the Belfry Theatre, 1291 Gladstone. Tickets to Bill Cain’s ode to art, politics and the perils of negotiating both, start at $25, belfry.bc.ca.

What’s more terrifying than the emptiness of space?

Improvising. Join Paper Street Theatre’s ‘crew’ of improvisers as they explore a terror based on audience suggestions. Intrepid Theatre (1609 Blanshard) Tickets, $15, online at ticketrocket.org or at the door. the penelOpiaD april 24 - maY 10

Brimming with movement, light, and song, Margaret Atwood’s brilliant re-imagining of Homer’s Odyssey from the wry eye of longsuffering wife Penelope is a feast for the eyes and mind. Langham Court Theatre, 805 Langham. 250384-2142, langhamtheatre.ca. the marriaGe Of fiGarO april 24 - maY 4

The comic opera turned study of love, jealousy and forgiveness follows a single tumultuous day as Count Almaviva, his wife his valet Figaro and his servants spin a tangled web of love affairs, plots and counterplots. At the Royal Theatre. Tickets, from $40, rmts.bc.ca.

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Carole Sabiston: Everything Below All of the Above until April 28. Visit 1040 Moss or aggv.ca.

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Mexican video artist Edgardo Aragón’s first exhibition in Canada, Ley Fuga, opens March 28 at 7pm and runs until May 24 at Deluge (636 Yates). eCleCtiC GallerY

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To April 25 Adasla: The Movement of Hands. The Big Button Blanket Project features the world’s largest button blanket, created by designer and artist consultant Peter Morin with elder button blanket makers in Victoria, 630 Yates. maDrOna GallerY

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Victoria’s poet laureate, Janet Rogers, and the Victoria Read Society present an evening of poetry, percussion and dance to benefit the Victoria Read Society’s reading assistance program. Tickets, $20, ticketrocket.org. an afternOOn with silKen laumann april 12

At Winchester Modern (758 Humboldt ) In April, the gallery welcomes a collection of paintings by Victoria’s Brad Pasutti, accompanied by works from local painter and printmaker Avis Rasmussen April 8 to 29; join both artists for an opening reception April 12 from 1 to 5pm.

The Olympic rower/motivational speaker stops by Bolen Books (11-1644 Hillside) at 2pm to sign her tell-all, Unsinkable. as if a raven & summertime swamp-lOve april 24

Yvonne Blomer marks the release of her third book of poetry with Patricia Young, who has penned her 14th. At Russell Books (734 Fort).

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f someone is self-aware enough to proclaim their lack of self-awareness, does the sentiment ring true?

It’s not the question to follow the one hand clapping paradox, rather one of the contradictions to be found within Nick Thorburn, Islands frontman who is simultaneously devoted to making music immune to commercial or critical whims, and hungry for mass acclaim.

“In my ideal world, I would be treated like a king,” Thorburn says, on a break checking sound for a gig in Leipzig, Germany. “I would be carried in on a rug by four giant men who feed me grapes. That sounds homoerotic, but basically, I think I’m making good records and I think they have the innate ability, not in an intentional strategic way, to appeal to a broad audience. I’m interested in that. I’m interested in that level of communication.”

Regardless of whether or not the Campbell River native sees Ski Mask, the fifth Islands record, propel his career to new heights, he asserts gratitude for what he has. After 15 years on stage, the co-founder of the now-dissolved debut band The Unicorns, has built a solid contingent of devoted fans and collaborators (from Jim Guthrie to Michael Cera), his own record label (Manqué) and a new album that seems to synthesize all the divergent stops on his sonic journey to date. But Thorburn’s bright harmonies engulf a dark foundation – unedited Islands comes sentiments delto Lucky Bar with uged by beauEscondido April 8. tiful indie rock, joyful melodies ticketweb.ca with a lyrical edge, not quite

buffed out by its artful pop charm.

When L.A.-based Thorburn returns to Victoria April 1, he’ll be back in the city where it all began. Legends (now Club 9ONE9) set the stage for Thorburn’s first show with Alden Penner as The Unicorns. The two booked The Microphones to headline and finagled themselves the opening slot.

“We drove down from Campbell River in Alden’s mom’s car and we really didn’t have any idea what we were doing. We were both flailing. I was especially,” says Thorburn, who began learning the guitar by ear in high school after lying to Penner about his musical abilities, in hopes of initiating friendship. “It was very crude, but it was exciting. We were beside ourselves, just thrilled to be there.”

The rush of performing new work still exists for Thorburn, though not with the same youthful naivité, and alongside his greatest fears in life: becoming stuck in his career and repeating himself creatively.

“Being 45 years old and playing Lucky Bar in Victoria, that doesn’t appeal to me. I need something more.

I’m not really willing to compromise my artistic integrity – unfortunately I had to use that expression – but I’m not willing to compromise that, so I’m playing ball, but I’m following my own rules,” he says. “The idea that I would make the same song today that I made 10 years ago, that disgusts me.”

At 32, the creative chameleon (film school grad, comic mind, skilled illustrator – see howiedoo.tumblr.com) is just really ready for the next chapter, wherever it takes him.

And if it happens to include selling a million records or reaching new audiences through mainstream charts, he welcomes it, but doesn’t suspect Top 40 super-hit status will befall a guy like him.

“I dress too well for that. I have too much good taste for that garbage.”

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“I try to keep my work out of the media as much as possible, because I still want to be able to be that everyman when I’m on stage.”

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n a Toronto hotel room, an Indian Scotsman is reconnecting with his fear. He spends his morning in phone interviews and by the evening he’ll be ready to take his personal gripes to a club stage, just to check in on the translation of his cultural nuances. Next week he begins a theatre tour from St. John’s to Victoria, where he’ll do two sets April 5 at the Royal Theatre. After 15 years sharing his life experiences as a standup comedian, of sold out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe, DVD releases and widespread acceptance across international audiences, performing new work at a club as he will tonight, still ignites fear within Danny Bhoy.

But shouldn’t we expect that from the laid back everyman?

“The fear’s the best part of it, really. It’s kind of a drug,” Bhoy says with a brogue warmer than a shot of single malt. “The thing that gives you fear now is still going back into the clubs and doing five minutes for a crowd that doesn’t know you. Suddenly you’re back in that moment of your first gig again, which was terrifying. Some people jump out of planes for a kick. This is what I do for a kick. I go to a club and try out new stuff.”

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Once Bhoy launches the tour, Edinburgh Festival and has returned the comfort and ease will return, nine times. His effortless and accessiComic Danny and then eventually so will he, ble observational musings have rung back to Scotland, back to building out in the Sydney Opera House, Just Bhoy focuses a new set and back to the familiar For Laughs galas and for audiences on the little fears of working it out before a of Live at The Apollo and Letterman. things that small audience. That the lowest And despite the uniqueness of his stakes item on that itinerary sparks Indian-Scot heritage – which he likes to unite us. the most anxieties is logical given describe as a meeting of two very difBhoy’s uncommonly quick climb. ferent characters on The Simpsons – he In 1999, after just a year of open avoids relying on racial stereotypes that mics, Bhoy won the Daily Telegraph Open Mike distinguish us from one another and instead focuses Award and set his career off on a skyward trajectoon the little things that unite us. ry. Skipping across the years a new comic generally Maybe that’s why members of the media insist on spends cutting their teeth was one quick way to get labeling him an everyman.

Bhoy comfortable with a large audience early.

“It’s one of those things where you’re not sure if “The downside of that was that there was a lot it’s a compliment or a criticism,” he says, offering of being thrown into the deep end, booked to do that being relatable is probably a good thing in his shows when I didn’t have the material,” he says. “I profession. “If you become quite famous and rich suppose that was a good thing as well because the and visibly famous and visibly rich, you restrict the fear drove me to write all the time and try out new amount of stuff that you can talk about because all stuff all the time. I definitely did the open mic circuit of a sudden ... people don’t believe that you live for long enough to know how hard it is.” in the same world that they do anymore. I try to In 2001, he debuted his first solo show at the keep my work out of the media as much as possible,

because I still want to be able to be that everyman when I’m on stage and for people to believe that when I say I did this and that, they feel like it’s something they did. It’s very freeing for comedy to still feel like you’re one of the people, just a normal person.”

A key to maintaining the 40-year-old’s everyday, average guy status: shutting off upon his return home and hibernating in his Edinburgh apartment with some good DVDs, good cooking and good friends.

“Just really normal stuff because touring is such a bubble and such a strange life where everything is programmed and regimental. It’s a bit like coming home from leave, except I don’t physically get shot at on stage. I have had some pretty vicious heckling. It’s not quite the same as sniper fire, but it does feel like that, like I’ve been away in a different world for a bit, then I come back to a very normal life.”

More common than the vicious heckling is an inadvertent heckle, a symptom of the closeness and ease he has with his audiences – they tend to get overly familiar.

“You can take a room full of 3,000 people and make it feel like just a handful of people. Those are the best moments when you feel like you can hear a pin drop and you’ve got their attention, but it sometimes makes the audience lose that sense of perspective as well. They do feel like they’re sitting around a pub, chatting with you, shooting the breeze and they can interject at times when it’s not appropriate. I don’t mean heckling, but engaging in a way that they feel is entirely normal and reasonable. There is a downside to creating intimacy.”

These are the daily trials of the career comic – a man who despite the chops and opportunity to pursue other avenues in the entertainment biz, is pleased not to.

“I’m not determined to take over the world. I have no real interest in doing films or sitcoms like everybody else seems to want to do. I’m quite happy. My goal is to get better at this, keep getting better at standup, keep producing new material, keep finding different ways to entertain people and to challenge myself.”

Bhoy may have had good fortune at the outset of his comic life, but it was no accident. With a self-diagnosed attention disorder that pushed him toward the spotlight, he doesn’t have to wonder what he’d be up to had he not won the Telegraph’s Open Mike.

“I’d probably be a tramp, just shouting at people on the street,” he says.

“In school I used to try desperately to make other kids laugh and make the teachers laugh. I found it an embracing thing, although not every teacher would agree with that. ... But I never wanted to be rich and famous.

Anything that comes is a by-product of wanting to make people laugh, a bonus, but not something I went out to achieve.”

What he has set out to achieve with his latest show, Dear Epson, is decidedly different from his sole former hope of inciting laughter and laughter alone. Inadvertently drawing a comparison between himself and US President Barack Obama, Bhoy divulges his new plan to tackle some of life’s biggest issues by calling out some of the smallest ones. The show is built around a series of letters to the people and companies at their core.

“My past standup shows have just been about making an audience laugh and to an extent, that’s still true, but this is a more thoughtful show in a sense that I’m taking on subjects that I hope will make people walk away and go: ‘Well I laughed and I had a great time, but maybe he had a point there.

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sk what the Creatively United for the Planet Festival is about and its enthusiastic founder will happily give an hour long reply, making one quickly realize, it’s best to just attend.

A parade from Centennial Square to St. Anne’s Academy, live music, DJs, dancing, a huge public meditation, environmental-themed film screenings, guest speakers, photography, various displays and a greenthemed dinner are just some of the highlights at this annual festival, now in its third year, on April 25 and 26.

“This is a community celebration like no other,” says festival founder Frances Litman.

“There is nothing out there like this.

“It’s about bringing together the community, to empower the community and individuals, to take better care of the earth.”

The festival starts Friday evening at St. Anne’s Academy chapel with a talk by Green Party leader Elizabeth May and best-selling author Nick Bantock. There will also be a concert and silent auction running concurrently in the auditorium. Tickets for both start at $20.

Creatively On Saturday, the free outdoor events United for the run from noon to 6 p.m. with the Planet is at talks inside the chapel and auditorium St. Ann’s starting at $20 to attend. Some of the Academy April speakers include artist and naturist 25 and 26 Robert Bateman, National Geographic photographer Garth Lenz and Occupy

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Love filmmaker Ian MacKenzie. There will also be a number of panel discussions and the festival closes with the Sumptuous Secret Garden Dinner/DinnerVert, featuring locally sourced, organic food and locally made mead for $75. The dress code is green and fun.

“If you want to meet nice people, this is the event to come to,” Litman says.

As the festival is based on celebrating the environment, attendees are discouraged from bringing anything that is not recyclable or compostable. Last year, only a couple of bags of garbage were produced from the estimated 5,000 people who attended.

“We endeavor to be an almost zero waste event,” Litman says. “We try to walk our talk as much as we can.”

Litman is a professional photographer of more than 20 years and it was her travel for work which made her more appreciative of where she comes from and concerned about the environment.

“I couldn’t donate any more money, but I can donate time to celebrate and bring awareness to where we eat, study, make our home and stay and play,” Litman says, adding she puts in 60 hours a week, on top of running her own photography business, to produce this festival. “Earth Day would come and go but shouldn’t everyday be Earth Day? I’m trying to make everyday Earth Day.” For advance tickets and more information on the talks, go to creativelyunitedfortheplanet.org.

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pril marks National Poetry Month in Canada and it’s the perfect opportunity to experience some of the many events and activities planned by the local poetry community.

Victoria is the only city in Canada with a Youth Poet Laureate, Morgan Purvis-Bellamano, who is also a director of the Victoria Poetry Project and a member of the VicSlam team.

The Victoria Poetry Project is a hub for spoken word, featuring Tongues of Fire (bi-weekly open mic with featured artists), VicSlam (monthly slam competitions) and Victorious Voices, the high school slam poetry championships, coming up April 7-9 at the Victoria Event Centre. Sign-up for regular updates at victoriapoetryproject.ca.

Victoria’s Poet Laureate Janet Rogers is partnering with the READ Society in an April fundraiser entitled Litartcity.

More details will be released on the City of Victoria website – victoria.ca.

Sooke poet Wendy Morton, the creator of Random Acts of Poetry, invites you to Get Poemed at the Greater Victoria Public Library downtown, April 26. events.gvpl.ca. Morton was also the founder of the poetry reading series now called Planet Earth Poetry – Friday evenings at the Moka House on Hillside – where emerging and established poets share words at an open mic and featured reading. planetearthpoetry.com.

Poet Garth Martens, the 2011 recipient of the Writers’ Trust’s Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers, releases his first book of poetry Prologue for the Age of Consequence (about the tar sands and industrial projects of Alberta, and the men who work in them) at a launch and reading April 3 at Russell Books. russellbooks. com.

On the theatre front, Giggling Iguana Productions returns to Craigdarroch Castle with another site-specific work Sherlock Holmes April 3-12. thecastle.ca Kitt & Jane Present Spirit Week April 2/3. A conglomerate of Victoria’s favourite performers craft a mad-cap evening of competitive fun. Snafu Dance Theatre (Kitt & Jane) won the Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals annual lottery, and will be touring Canada this summer. Help them fund the tour. ticketrocket.org.

ACTivate, A Festival for Inspiring Theatre! April 4-6 is a play writing (and reading) competition featuring one-act plays from Langham Court Theatre, St. Luke’s Players, Where’s Noonan and Glenlyon Norfolk, Pacific Christian and Victoria High schools. Tickets via langhamtheatre.ca.

Pick-of-the-Fringe winners Paper Street Theatre will boldly go where no improvisers have gone before in A Science Fiction Thriller April 9-12 at Intrepid Theatre Studio. What lurks on the edges of the cosmos? One thing is sure – it’s a different show every time. paperstreettheatre.com Intrepid Theatre has reintroduced a presentation series – The Deep End which promises to bring some innovative, exciting, edgy and current shows to Victoria. Winners and Losers is scheduled for April 11/12.

Kelly Nestruck, theatre critic for the Globe and Mail, named Winners and Losers one of his most significant arts events of 2013, calling it “jaw-dropping.” ticketrocket.org.

Joan is Theatre SKAM’s tribute to local arts patron and “grandmother of all fans,” the tireless Joan Mans who passed away in 2010. April 17-20. skam.ca.

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arold Rose sums up the latest yearend production of the Canadian College of Performing Arts in four words: “Very funny, very naughty.”

But Rose’s ability to produce and choreograph not one but two Broadway productions of Young Frankenstein with 70 of his students is no laughing matter.

As one of Mel Brooks’ greatest comedic feats, Frankenstein will take over the McPherson Playhouse this month (Apr. 24 to 26) for three evenings of Broadway-style hilarity, which Rose promises will be “monstrously good entertainment.”

“I call it a mad-cap comedy. It spoofs and parodies all the Frankenstein movies and horror films you’ve ever seen,” he says. “The famous scene from the movie is where Dr. Frankenstein tries to prove the monster isn’t scary. … He’s literally dancing with a cane and top hat singing, Putting on the Ritz.”

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which means Rose will be directing 35 new students from the first night to the next, during production.

“If you came two nights in a row, you’d see a totally different set of leads in the show,” he says.

CCPA has groomed some impressive talent over the years, from Call Me Maybe golden child Carly Rae Jepsen (who is reviving her stage roots in the current Broadway production of Roger & Hammerstein’s Cinderella) to Broadway casting director Duncan Stewart. The college also boasts that 80 per cent of its graduates find professional contract work in their field upon graduation.

Rose said Frankenstein offers the ideal opportunity to witness the raw talent working tirelessly in Victoria to keep the arts pulse beating strong.

“It’s going to be a perfect spring comedy to get everybody out, and we intend on having a great time with the show,” he says. “It’s a chance to see these great, talented students showcase their skills. We have some awesome people in the leads, and they can sing like nobody’s business.”

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Delamont will be performing some of his most popular material as well as new jokes in a full headlining set. Joining him on stage are up and coming comedians Ryan Bangma, Darcy Collins, Alain Williams and Myles Anderson. April 3 at 9pm. Tickets, $20 at mikedelamont.com.

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’ve lost my voice. It was taken by a tickle in my throat that’s left me sounding like a wheezy pre-pubescent boy.

The first time it happened I was scared my voice would never return. I had just started working in TV and assumed my career was over before it really began.

The artistic director of the Victoria Spoken Word Festival has never lost her voice, but Missie Peters understood my concern. She imagines it would be the equivalent of her “losing my identity.”

The writer-performer did lose another sense temporarily – her sight. Peters says an eye infection during an Australian vacation left her “basically blinded” because she couldn’t wear contacts and didn’t pack her glasses.

At first, the experience made the extrovert become “more quiet and insular.” Eventually she was forced to reach out to strangers for help with the simplest tasks. Peters says the situation “made everybody beautiful. I couldn’t see their physical imperfections and was only aware of their inner beauty.”

Although she lost her sight, she gained an insight.

The Aussie eye infection inspired her writing.

Peters says she now uses self-imposed limitations to expand her creativity.

The example she gave me: “Imagine if I asked you to write a song. You’d probably feel overwhelmed. But if I said ‘write a song about just cheese’ then you have something specific to work with. Or if I suggested you write a poem without using the letter ‘E’.” Peters says it can take you to creative places you’d never usually go.

I’m trying to do the same now that I’ve lost my voice for a second time. Instead of being constricted by the situation, I’m choosing to be open to the possibilities it’s presenting. Because I can’t connect with people by talking, I’m listening more intently and seeing more clearly.

Although the sound coming out of my mouth is a quiet whisper, the ideas in my head are exploding loudly.

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Collective Soul kicks off the Canadian leg of their 20th anniversary tour in Nanaimo April 1 and hits Victoria the following night. Lead vocalist/founder Ed Roland took a break from recording the band’s ninth album, See What You Started by Continuing to share insight into how he got to where he is today – just as in love with his band as he was in 1993.

Monday Magazine: You’re at a landmark year for the band with the 20th anniversary. What was your philosophy at the outset in ‘93 and how has that evolved with your latest project?

Ed Roland: I was always just having fun. Then to be blessed and have success – it’s still fun. I wouldn’t want to do it if it wasn’t, and actually it’s more fun now because we’ve learned to accept where we are and what we’re about.

MM: If you could revisit any one part of the 20-year journey, would it be an opportunity to re-do something you viewed as a mistake, or would you take the chance to go back and revel in one of the highlights?

ER: I wouldn’t change anything. It’s easy to say you’d change things, but if you did that then I wouldn’t think you’d end up where you are. I’m really happy with where we are right now and I think we have a lot more to offer, so I kind of look towards the future.

Collective Soul MM: How do you stay so on stage April 2 at focused and positive, not only through criticisms of the Royal Theatre your music, but judgments rmts.bc.ca of your faith and people who want to keep on asking

See Ed Roland (centre), live his wish come true as Collective Soul’s longtime frontman, on stage April 2.

you questions relating to whether or not you are a Christian rock band?

ER: Everybody’s got their own beliefs and I believe in the separation of rock and roll and religion. … I have what I believe in and I hold it very personal and very dear. My brother has his beliefs and he holds them very personal, very dear. It’s work and it’s play. ... We didn’t set out to say: ‘Let’s go make a message.’ We said: ‘Let’s go have fun and do the best music we can do.’ That’s all we’ve promised.

MM: You could easily stay working from a studio right now. What is it that drives you to get out in front of an audience?

ER: Because I don’t take that for granted. It took me 10 years before there was an audience. I would play clubs and the only people who would show up would be whoever I was dating at the time and that’s just because there was free beer. … I’m amazed every time we do a show that people come out and enjoy it. For me that’s the ultimate high. ... That’s what I’ve wanted to do since I was 14. To have the opportunity to do it – it would be foolish not to. You want your wish and it comes true and you say: ‘Nah, I don’t want that?’ I got my wish and I still love it.

MM: What kind of toll did a faltering record industry and the rise of digital have on your process

and how difficult is it to keep your band together, to keep producing when there are so many outside forces at play?

ER: Fortunately we were sort of aware of what was going on and we embraced it. The problem with the record industry was that they were too late to embrace. ... I love the digital age because it’s more fun to record; I can easily record what I’m doing and not forget songs. (For) the creative process (it) really helps. The digital age has made it a lot easier for me to go out and find more new music and new bands.

Before that was a trek to the record store. Now it’s on your smartphone.

MM: Do you have a personal favourite Collective Soul record – either for the finished sound, or the process?

ER: I have three. I love Dosage. I think that was a point when we were really finding our sound. We were given time to find what we were about. I like Youth because that was a very difficult period in the band. In any relationship, there are ups and downs.

It was a very difficult time and for us to come out on the other end, I really love that record. Then the new one that we’re doing now. Once again, to be around 20 years doing anything and to feel like you’re doing your strongest work – it’s very self-pleasing.

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THE BIG PERSONALITY “Remember, jazz is a noun. People say jazz this, jazz that, jazz ballet, jazz – whatever.

Jazz is a noun.”

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are muscles and you’ve just gotta keep working on ‘em,” he says from his Saanich living room. “You lose it if you don’t use it, as they say.”

Ian McDougall is a purist. He can tell you that McDougall’s approach: he has respected a lot of thing called jazz isn’t the stuff of today’s so-called great players, but never has he copied them. jazz festivals. He can tell you where it still exists and “People say you’re self-taught. I say: I wasn’t selfwho the great players are – and why they’re not taught. I was self-learned. I had an ability to listen to being born from 10-year-olds with trombones, like he was 65 years ago. He can tell you a lot about jazz, things and learn from doing.”

He was ready to take a different path – a prospecbut not everything.

“If you have to ask what jazz is, you’ll never know,” tive M.D. that turned out a trombone player – but two years in England confirmed he was, in fact a says McDougall, quoting Louis Armstrong. great player, not just by local standards. He commitMcDougall was a unionized club player at 12. He ted to the calling. backed greats – The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Ella “You assume they play better in Vancouver. In Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett – at The Cave Supper Club in Vancouver as a teen and spent his early adulthood Vancouver I thought they’d play better in Toronto and in Toronto you thought they’d play better in in England, touring and recording with the John London or New York,” he says. “As a kid growing Dankworth Band. He chaired university departments, up in Victoria, you never knew where you stood in was named to the Order of Canada and when he something in relation to other people.” warms up for the day in front of a Turner Classic McDougall may have retired from his post at the Movie, he can look up at the Juno Award on his University of Victoria in 2003 – his first “real job” mantle. landed at 52, but he remains a busy man. In 2011 This kind of practice is just as vital for keeping fit he recorded The Very Thought of You, a collection of as his recumbent bike. ballads accompanied by a string quartet, an entirely “You’ve got to keep in shape because your chops

volunteer project to build an emergency fund for cash-strapped students. The following year he recorded The Ian McDougall 12-tet LIVE, up for Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year at the Junos March 30.

Of all the work he continues – including reuniting late-’80s trio R.I.O. (for Ron Johnston, himself and Oliver Gannon) this month – his beloved 12-tet gets McDougall the most enthused.

“It’s been a real reawakening of my desires to arrange and compose for it and then it’s made me want at many other projects too, while I can still hold a pencil.”

As much as McDougall laments the digital shift in the music industry or the sullying of the noun “jazz,” he holds only empathy rather than blame for the younger generations living it. He has watched dwindling opportunities over the course of his epic career and he would like to create more for the under-40 set, struggling to have what his generation enjoyed.

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at the mic MIKE DELAMONT @mikedelamont Hello from the road!

It’s that time of year again. I am currently in sub-temperature Edmonton bound for even colder Winnipeg tomorrow. I try to hit all of Canada’s hot spots at their peak seasons.

I was in Edmonton just before Christmas and worried that I might not be able to handle the cold. My phone told me that I would be walking into -39 degree weather. An Edmonton friend of mine confidently told me, “Oh, don’t worry about it. Just don’t breathe with your mouth.” What?

Thats not okay. Folks, if you live somewhere that “just don’t breathe through your mouth” is a common expression … it’s time to move.

I’m at the very beginning of my touring season. I am often on the road March through to the middle of September. With its varied travel, April will see me in six different cities over two countries. From sunny Los Angeles, CA all the way to the bright lights of Vermillion AB (population 3,930).

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hard to be away so much.

When I was younger and a bit of a playboy (‘bit of’ may be an understatement) there was nothing better than hitting the road, taking my act to a new town and meeting new people. Now that I am older and have met that special somebody, it’s very difficult to walk out the door. And a part of me knows that it will only get harder. We have plans to get married and have kids and I am dreading the day when I have to wave goodbye to not only the woman of my dreams, but also a person we have created. It may be more than one little person as well. She wants four kids, and I want … well, less than four. If I agree to take dance lessons she says she will settle on two, so dance lessons here I come! If you ever see me with three children, this plan has fallen through and I have no idea how to flamenco. I’ve been told public speaking is the world’s most common fear. I think it should be snakes, but what do I know, I just speak to the public for a living. I am often asked the same questions. One that has always surprised me is, “how do you remember all of those words?” I’m never quite sure how to answer that, but it usually comes from the same peo-

ple that, when they ask about my career say, “How are your little skits going?”

The number one question I get asked is: “Don’t you get scared up there?”

The honest answer is I don’t. Probably because I want to be there, and the more people the better. It might sound strange but performing for 3,000 people is far easier than performing for 10. I do get scared though, but not of the stage.

Scared that the career I chose might take me away from the things I want to be a part of the most. That the way I have chosen to provide for my family might keep me away from their biggest moments. First steps. First words. It’s a new crisis I have and it’s one I never thought I would.

Who knows, in a few years when it’s time to think babies, maybe I will be flipping burgers somewhere instead. As I write this, there is a little girl at the table next to me desperately trying to get her mother’s attention. A loud, piercing and varied: “MOM! MOM! MOMMY! MOMMY! MA! MA! MUM! MUM! MOMMY!” This is all to show her mom that she holds something in her hand that her mother has never seen before: A goldfish cracker.

I think it’s time for dance lessons.

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MEDITATION on the mountain NATALIE NORTH arts@mondaymag.com It’s a crisp, late-winter Thursday afternoon and while it’s perfectly acceptable to spend days like these business casual in a cubicle somewhere, for a contingent of devoted Victorians, the dress code is Dri Fit and compression socks, best worn outdoors.

These are the trail runners, the people who come together in snow, sleet, rain or shine, year round to scoot beneath shady canopies, along the same pathways towards individual goals.

Mike Suminski is a seasoned ultra-marathoner, local running running coach and the man about to give me the proper introduction to running the trails at Mount Doug. Though we’ve never met, it’s immediately apparent I’m approaching the right guy in the parking lot. Not only is he well-branded in his Trail Guys gear, an ode to his online presence as Victoria’s source for trail running advice and inspiration, but it seems as though 37 marathons (42 kilometres), 18 ultramarathons (anything over 42 km) and two 100-milers builds an endorphin forcefield, a gleaming beacon of positivity that screams: grab the runners and ditch the apprehension – we’re headed out for a frolic in the woods.

And so we arrive at his first piece of advice: exchange the regular running shoes for something more suited to the rugged terrain. The recent unexpected snowfall is now nowhere to be seen, but the trail is wet. Suminski says I’ve got the summer tires on and it’s time to bring in the winter treads.

Side by side we trot across the soft ground at conversation pace – the speed I need to go to conduct my first-ever running interview, outside of my time attempting streeters as an intern in Northern B.C. With my post-surgery feet finally healed up, I’ve spent these last couple of months returning to my

longtime love of running. Joyful, meditative, sometimes chatty, and almost never timed – running.

It seems that style makes Suminski’s second tip to success on the trails almost impossible not to follow: start slow.

Within a few strides Suminski doles out some more basics: pump your arms in a pendular motion; look forward.

It’s hard to imagine the 62-year-old positive powerhouse as anything less than über fit. But before he was a running coach, he was a socialite realtor in Calgary, with no plan or direction in his regime. At 38 he signed up for a learn-to-run marathon course through the University of Calgary and eventually came up with his winning equation: goals + plans + action + persistence = success.

He says when he’s not in his running gear, he wears a belt buckle from the Leadville Colo. 100mile race, a proud symbol left concealed by an untucked shirt.

“I’ve been told, ‘Don’t tuck – you’ll show you were born in the ‘50s.’”

Lucky for him, his fitness level doesn’t.

“My big thing is if I can do it, then you can do it and it’s true,” he says, but like a true veteran of the destination run he puts a caveat to the statement.

“You’ve got to get a goal that excites you.”

Go ahead, sign up for the Honolulu marathon when the April showers won’t stop pouring.

Two technical tidbits may also help the journey.

First, turn the run to a brisk walk up hills, keeping your hands on your quads will ensure maintenance of the heel-toe strike and lessen potentially damaging hammering on the ball of the foot. Second, when you’re descending on the other side, angle those feet outward slightly. It’ll create a solid base and reduce your chances of rolling an ankle.

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SUMINSKI’S TOP TRAIL RUNS • Gowlland Tod Provincial Park • Thetis Lake Regional Park • Mount Work Regional Park • John Dean Provincial Park • Goldstream Provincial Park streets in runners and earbuds meditation, he agrees.

“Meditation and medication.”

It’s an activity, Suminski says, open to anyone with an open mind. He runs with a group of about 30 people every Sunday and while any open minded road runner who visits trailsofthewestcoast.com is welcome to see where they’re headed and join in, the shortest run length is two hours.

“People tend to get intimidated by trail running, or joining a running group with a two-hour minimum run duration, but 99 per cent of the time people fall in love and aren’t that intimidated.”

Perhaps the most important tip towards success trail running is the one not made explicit, but implicit in every moment of my stint at Mount Doug. It really is a lot of fun out there with a buddy.

“The full ultramarathon community is so welcoming and not talking splits and timing – I love that,” he says. “An ultra is more about the social aspect, the road trip and enjoying the nature. It’s not to beat each other, it’s to be with each other.”

As we approach the parking lot once more, I’m aware that some of this excess positivity has rubbed off on me. Not enough to sign up for an ultra, but ample to accept the fist bump coming my way. mondaymag.com MONDAY MAGAZINE APRIL 2014

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He’s been riding them since he was six years old, fixing them up for about as long and selling them to customers of all types for more than 35 years.

Riding hand-built motorcycles powered by washing machine engines, Drane fell in love.

By age 11 he was riding real motorcycles and would go on to race them in every way he could.

“Road raced, drag raced, dirt raced, enduros – you name it, I’ve done it on motorcycles,” Drane says.

Drane worked his way up through the tools, starting as a motorcycle technician KYLE WELLS photo Steve Drane is ready to ride any time. for all types of bikes before specializing in Harley Davidson around 1971.

“Just the mystique of the Harley, of the bike, the engine, the transmission, really caught hold and I really liked it,” Drane says.

Drane opened his first Harley Davidson shop in 1976 in Victoria and moved three times before constructing his purpose-built store in Langford in 2009.

“I love Langford, lived out here for years and really like the place. It’s progressive and really moving forward,” Drane says. “Not bad for a farm field I used to ride around on my dirt bike as a kid.”

Those first days of falling in love with motorcycles, and passing that enthusiasm on to others, still fuel the fire to keep Drane inspired to do what he does to this day.

“Even after 40 years in the business, I still feel as excited as if I was buying the motorcycle for myself when I finish delivering one to a new customer,” Drane says. “Motorcycles in general have brought me such pleasure over the years that I really like to share it with other people.”

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t happens every month: as I’m preparing for my next Play with the Pros sport I fantasize about showing up and, without any training, just being naturally gifted at this new athletic endeavour of mine, leaving everybody’s jaws on the floor. These delusions of grandeur are extremely unhealthy, I know.

I have zero fighting experience under my belt. My brothers and I were unusually civil – we threw the odd punch as kids, and that’s about it. And despite my inexperience, I imagined I could step into the cage with mixed martial artist Sarah Kaufman and defend my honour. I can’t. At all. And that really doesn’t surprise me.

Before we square off she teaches me the basics of offensive and defensive MMA skills: how to throw a couple punches, land some kicks and – most importantly for me – how to block her strikes.

All that training flies out the window once we start sparring. I know she’s barely trying, but reality sets in immediately that even with her giving little effort, I’m totally and completely outmatched.

Kaufman has more than a decade of experience training in mixed martial arts. Pound for pound, she’s currently ranked 7th in the world for female MMA fighters by MMArising.com, with a 16-2 record, and one no contest. Her impressive resume should have been enough to convince me not to do this.

We touch gloves, and I Kyle goes toe-to-toe can barely get my hands up with MMA star to protect my head before Sarah Kaufman.

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I’m not. She’s strategic and observant, and immediately assesses my greatest weakness (my shamefully low pain tolerance for being kicked in the leg).

“For a beginner you did really well. It’s hard if you’ve never done a fighting, contact sport before. Your body just doesn’t know how to move, so the natural instinct is to cover up and not get hit, which actually gets you hit more,” she says.

Had she actually been trying: “You would’ve been done within about 15 seconds. I’d let you swing once and then I’d hit you a bunch of times. I’d leg kick you, and while you were upset about the leg kick, I’d knock you in the face.”

I have no troubles seeing that scenario play out exactly like that in my head. Any fantasies I had of coming in and excelling at MMA have literally been beaten out of me.

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Kaufman, 28, is currently training for her next fight, April 16 in Quebec City.

She’ll compete in The Ultimate Fighter Nations Finale women’s bantamweight bout versus Shayna Baszler.

The two women competed once before, in June 2009.

Kaufman was awarded a unanimous-decision win for that fight.

The Victoria-based fighter describes real competition as “a physical chess game.”

“You start seeing how they react, you keep doing that same thing, and then all of a sudden you’re able to go into something. … It’s trying to make someone move in a way they think they’re defending, but really it’s you forcing them to do it.”

It’s Spring and the crowds have thinned at the gym, New Year’s resolutions have dimmed or perhaps burned out altogether, but why?

There has to be a good reason for perfectly sane individuals to go to a gym, part with their hard-earned cash, only to get sweaty and feel some physical discomfort.

Finding that reason is what will keep you doing those squats while your spouse is sitting on the couch eating a bag of Doritos.

As a trainer, I find my clients fall into two categories, those I can set up on a program and they have the motivation to work out on their own and those who do best with the support of a Personal Trainer. During sessions, I look for a client’s source of motivation. Are they motivated positively, toward a source of reward or pleasure, or negatively, away from a source of pain or fear?

For those positively motivated, we set up a reward system based on compliance to healthy habits. For example, each week you spend at least three days working out and following your healthy nutrition guidelines, you may choose a reward like buying a paperback or treating yourself to a pedicure.

For those that are negatively motivated, during times when they are struggling, I gently remind them why they are making healthy changes and what might happen if they didn’t. This sometimes involves a bit of “tough love” but if done in a caring manner, it works.

Other great ways to motivate yourself include registering for fitness competitions like a walk, run, triathlon, adventure race, or even a physique competition. If you are working towards fat loss, journaling food intake and training are effective tools to keep you motivated.

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ausage medallions and one perfectly poached egg.

Who knew that’s what brunch with George Szasz (of Roast in the Victoria Public Market) would come down to.

Szasz is already settled at a sundrenched table by the window at Relish Food and Coffee, sipping a cappuccino.

Victoria’s known to be a bit of a breakfast town. The best eggs Benny or homemade hash can come with a side of long waits on a weekend.

“Victoria has a huge breakfast dining focus,” he says, listing popular eateries: Jam, Blue Fox, Smile Café. “To stand in a lineup, that’s not me.”

As we chat, a steady stream of customers trickle in for coffee and a treat.

“He’s created somewhat of a gentrification here,” he says with a gesture that takes in Our Place across the street.

Relish owner Jamie Cummins is “not only a great chef but a good friend” who used to work for him, Szasz easily admits.

They push each other in charcuterie, particularly the sausage-making for which Szasz is known.

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first taste of Cummins’ charcuterie as forget about the egg. But broken and two popular Relish mainstays are set on divided, oozing good yellow into the the table – Kimchee Udon and Crispy broth it makes for an amazing mouthful.

Chicken Bowl.

If the first dish was breakfast, we head Szasz points out the perfectly poached for lunch. Crispy chicken slices atop egg atop the kimchee udon with a bit of sushi rice punctuated with cucumber a grin. There’s breakfast. slices, cilantro and shreds of carrot make A row of chicken sausage medallions for a fresh look – and taste. punctuate one third, crispy kale chips I blame society for the tendency to and a generous dollop of pull skin from chicken prior to Relish has fine green onions accentueating. But that skin creates ate the rest. more than eggs a critical piece of the chicken “Even the way the puzzle, Szasz says.

Benny on its green onions are sliced so “When you have a bit of breakfast thinly, Jamie’s really good crunch it resonates and creates menu at the Asian take,” Szasz a feeling … an audio take. It’s says eyeing the bowl. a little hard to describe,” he “The deep earthiness of the udon adds, encouraging me to eat the skin. stock looks tremendous,” he adds, slipI crunch. The chicken is well flavoured ping a fork under hunks of Hubbard and moist, but in this bowl the standout squash for a peek. Shitake mushrooms is the gilt-edged “blasted cauliflower”. simmer with the thick juiced udon noo“You don’t have to boil it anymore. dles.

Step away from that,” Szasz says.

Here I admit to the sausage-maker my “When the cauliflower is caramelized fear of those standout tidbits in meat like that it’s out of this world.” (ground and otherwise) that aren’t, for Agreed. me, edible. But the grind is fine, and If poached egg nestled next to divine chicken so perfectly seasoned, I’m willsausage – or cauliflower for that matter ing to battle for the final piece (fortu– isn’t the morning food you seek, never nately my lunch mate concedes easily). fear, Relish does brunch on the weekend We get so ensconced, we nearly – it’s worth the wait.

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COLOUR YOUR PALATE Victoria’s version of the Iron Chef is a fundraising event for the artsREACH program, pitting local chefs against one another to create the best tasting, most colourful canapés. artsreach.ca.

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Monday’s incognito Lounge Lizard imbibes at all the best joints in town. Do you have a favourite pub or barkeep to recommend? Join the discussion online at mondaymag.com.

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he Olive Update: I had given up on finding any cocktail lounge serving a decent olive in their martini and that’s when it happens: I’m in Vancouver at Uva for the Pere Magloire Calvados competition and there it was, the fabulous Castlevetrano olive. It is meaty, bordering on buttery, not too salty – it’s the perfect olive in a martini. Complements the gin the way, I’m sure, the first person who added an olive to the martini meant it to, just sweet and luscious. I think I’m obsessed.

And speaking of obsessions, I am developing one beyond the lovely martini to the classics in general, the Old Fashioned, the Negroni, the Sazerac.

The Old Fashioned has recently taken on trendy status. There is hardly a guy I know who isn’t tucking into one on a regular basis. So wanting to be ‘uber cocktailer’ I looked up the lore and a little of what I found has it in Harry Johnson’s 1888 book New & Improved Illustrated Bartender’s Manual with Boker’s bitters specified, a choice of Curacao or Absinthe and no specification as to rye or bourbon and the only appearance of fruit – a lemon twist. Moving to another notable bartender, Harry Cradock’s Savoy Cocktail written in the 1930s specifies Angostura bitters, rye whiskey and an orange wheel along with that lemon twist. It’s Ted “Dr. Cocktail” Haigh who mentions in 2004 to muddle an orange twist as part of his recipe.

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Proceeds go to support Victoria Conservatory of Music’s music education, performance and community music outreach programs.

Attendees will be among the first to experience the exclusive spring release wine portfolio of Naramata Bench Wineries, and will also have a chance to meet all the winemakers, sample irresistible light bites from Victoria’s finest restaurants, caterers and eateries and enjoy incredible live musical performances including the Damian Graham Jazz Trio.

The evening also includes an exciting food and wine-related silent auction featuring culinary, cultural and travel-themed baskets and packages.

Tickets are on sale now for this deliciously fun fundraising event on Wednesday, April 30 from 6:30 to 9pm. Go to The Strath Liquor Store, 919 Douglas St. or the VCM, 900 Johnson St. or online to vcm.bc.ca for more information and to purchase tickets, $95/must be 19+.

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Vancouver Island food and travel writer Don Genova raises a glass of (local) wine to his new book Food Artisans of Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands at 7pm on April 24 at the Victoria Public Market.

We should all toast with him, as Genova has delightfully raised the bar on helping the average eater become a learned connoisseur of locally-produced foods.

From bakeries and beverages to “suggested Saturday sojourns” Genova covers the gamut of delicacies being produced in our area and – most importantly – when and where to find them.

From the butcher to the baker to the salami maker, Genova introduces the reader to those among us with a passion for food that goes far beyond the average.

Lucky for us, Genova’s traveling taste buds also work on a budget and he generously includes easily accessible produce that won’t break the bank. Add to that several handy maps pinpointing local food artisans, a few tasty recipes and you’ve got your weekend planned.

Salute!

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he concept of a doppelganger – more prosaically known as a perfect double – has been a literary trope for centuries, with authors as diverse as Poe and Dostoevsky exploring this theme.

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author Jose Saramago ventured onto this tricky terrain in The Double, and his novel has now been renamed Enemy and brought to the screen by talented Quebec director Denis Villeneuve (Incendies, Prisoners). It stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Adam, a morose history professor who is watching a DVD one night and spots an actor who could be his twin. Attracted and disturbed in equal measure, Adam starts stalking “Anthony,” and eventually makes contact. The actor (also played by Gyllenhaal) is confident and even aggressive, and begins to dominate Adam.

Eventually, the two men briefly swap lives, as Adam’s psyche increasingly crumbles under the onslaught of his inexplicable existential dilemma.

The film is set in Toronto,

and that city’s skyline is draped by a featureless grey smogscape, while the high-rises seem like warrens for dull little lives.

Villeneuve is having a lot of fun repeatedly referencing David Cronenberg (Shivers, Videodrome, Spider, and Dead Ringers all get a homage), as Enemy generates increasing feelings of unease.

As psychological thrillers go, this one is sophisticated in the way that its unpredictability and ambiguities add to viewer uncertainty. Between its nightmarish dreams and extreme subjectivity, the film’s deliberate lack of logic and blurring of reality challenge the viewer.

There is a strong core of truth here – Adam has “mother issues” and both men have trouble relating to their attractive blonde girlfriends –

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but coherence fractures into NOAH disorientation as the story Aussie superstar Russell unfolds. And making it all work is Crowe gets all biblical Gyllenhaal, who does a fine job of in Darren (Black Swan) playing both characters such that Aronofsky’s epic – and you can tell immediately who is already controversial – the confident actor and who the account of Godly wrath diffident professor. and a certain ark that is Enemy is an impressive addition mankind’s only hope to to the surprisingly large number of stay dry. With Jennifer Canadian art films that have given Jude Law, right, and Richard E Grant star in Connelly and Anthony our cinema its international repuRichard Shepard’s film about a safecracker Hopkins. tation for being sexually weird and released from 12 years in prison. emotionally creepy. There is plenty DOM HEMINGWAY of that to go round here. And as a In this comedy-tinged crime drama from England, special bonus for arachnaphobes, the film begins Jude Law plays a notorious safecracker, just released and ends with rather shocking spider moments. Not to all tastes, but fans of serious cinema should check after a 12-year prison stint, who’s on the streets and looking for trouble. Co-starring Richard E. Grant. this one out.

ENEMY ★★★ 1/2

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This epic true story stars Oscar winner Colin Firth (The King’s Speech) as a British officer during WW II who was tortured at a Japanese labour camp.

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Marvel Comics continues to rule at the box office, and their latest offering features a beleaguered Captain America confronting a terrifyingly powerful Russian assassin. With Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel Jackson, and Robert Redford.

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How do we look at film now?

What’s indie, what’s not?

I started asking myself that when I noticed that Cinecenta will screen Her by Spike Jonze. I’ve been mad, like many, for Jonze since Being John Malkovich. He gets nominated for the Indie Spirit Award as well as the Oscars. He’s got that slightly subversive perspective but mixed with mass appeal. So, is he indie? Is that one of the keys, something unique that shows us something new?

Also at Cinecenta is Finding Vivian Maier, a recent hit at the Victoria Film Festival. No question, indie all the way, it brings us a unique character and an unheralded artist. It’s part of the world we didn’t know about.

In late April, The Vic Theatre is bringing CBC’s Terry O’Reilly for his take on advertising and films, some familiar films but from a different angle.

It’s all new grist for the mill and isn’t that the essence of indie?

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small SCREEN KYLE WELLS @CineFileBlog Now that we’ve all marathon watched the new season of House of Cards, I suppose it’s time to find something new to get excited about on the boob tube.

First off, there’s Fargo, now in TV series form and premiering on FX April 15. For everyone who loves the Coen Brothers 1996 movie of the same name, be excited to know the Coens are producing this new series, even though it doesn’t follow the original story of the movie.

Starring Billy Bob Thornton, Kate Walsh and Bob Odenkirk, among others, hopefully the show will capture the same crime-soaked quirkiness of the Coens’ original vision.

HBO comedy Silicon Valley looks like a potential hit. The Mike Judge (King of the Hill, Office Space) created show centres around six programmers living together and trying to make it big in the computer world. The trailer has some laughs with its rip on Steve Jobs and quick-witted dialogue, typical for Mike Judge.

I’ve grow tired of environmental documentaries, as they often have nothing new to say, but James Cameron’s new Years of Living Dangerously series premiering on Showtime on April 13 might change my mind. The nine-episode series will follow celebrity correspondents such as Matt Damon and Harrison Ford as they explore the impact of global warming on real people throughout the world.

With Cameron at the helm the show is sure to be well-crafted at the least.

With an eye to ongoing shows, there are a couple of notable season premieres and finales to take a look at. For those of us who love Mad Men – and that should be everyone because it’s fantastic – the first episode of the first part of the sixth and final season premieres on April 13 on AMC. This new trend of breaking up the final seasons of shows and stretching them out over two years irks me to no end, but I’m going to be tuning in with two fingers of Canadian Club regardless.

One show I used to love but fell off watching a couple of seasons back is How I Met Your Mother, which has its one-hour series finale “Last Forever” on March 31 on City TV. I think most would agree the show outstayed its welcome, but when it was good, it was one of the best comedies on TV. I still have enough affection to be interested to see how it ends.

In other TV news, Netflix has announced it will release the second season of Small Screen’s pick for best show of 2013 Orange is the New Black on June 6 to subscribers. Clear your calendar for some binge watching.

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And while cherry blossom inspiration is making its way from Beacon Hill Park to the boldest looks of 2014 (floral prints are everywhere: approach with caution), they’re also a gentle reminder that a wardrobe refresh is in order as winter’s slumber fades.

DANIEL PALMER @djtpalmer Monday launches a new fashion column this month with the modern man in mind. Look for investment, Essential and Frugal top picks each edition.

THE INVESTMENT ITEM: Double-breasted jackets may be rocking the streets of Manhattan right now, but a West Coast wardrobe calls for a more laid back look. The Emondero Sport jacket by Van Gils ($598, Philip Nyren, 960 Yates St.) relies on peak lapels and a Dutch-made, slim-fit cut to hint at bold styling without all the peacocking.

Boutique owner Philip Nyren methodically sources his 12,000 square-foot

space with the world’s best threads, and every piece is worth its price tag.

THE ESSENTIAL ITEM: Scandinavian design permeates today’s casual looks, from the flawless fit of Nudie and Acne Jeans to the indestructible jackets from Fjällräven, ideal for wet coast weather.

Enter Minimum, a Danish brand that’s becoming a mainstay on the racks of Still Life Boutique (550 Johnson St.). Grab one of Minimum’s Chris Oxford shirts ($75) while they’re in stock to effortlessly strike that sophisticated and functional balance.

THE FRUGAL ITEM: H&M (Uptown) is an ideal testing ground for looks that might otherwise make you revert to your alumni sweatpants and a hoodie.

Bold, bright colours aren’t fading away anytime soon, so why not start subtly with a range of bright socks ($6.95/ pair) from the fast fashion experts.

You’ll forget winter’s gray grip ever took hold of our sunny capital.

Send your questions and fashion queries to editor@mondaymag.com

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Often when I am looking for that standalone piece, I have a few favourite places I can count on to make my search more fun.

Oriental pieces are great as accents or in featured areas. It’s important not to go overboard – too much of a good thing can kill and saturate the look. One great armoire, sideboard, or hand-carved antique chair can be the icing on the cake that just finishes a room.

Design Source Warehouse, 553 Hillside Ave. is one such store that has many really eclectic and unique items from China. There, you can find a little of this, a little of that and lots of variety. They are a great source for outdoor steel gates, trellises, arbors, panels, planter boxes and garden accessories. They also

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Lessons of Lent One year, I gave up coffee for Lent.

It was a long 40 days and Easter morning I had no interest in chocolate eggs, the Easter Bunny brought me a coffee in bed – smart Easter Bunny.

That’s when I realized my giving up coffee might not have been a very charitable act in the eyes of my family or my coworkers.

As someone who was raised in a Christian family and is still active in a faith community, Lent has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I’ve learned a lot from Lent. In fact, I think it’s worth considering taking part in some of the traditional practices of Lent even if organized religion is not your thing.

Lent is a time of fasting, alms-giving and prayer. And that can take many forms. We tend to think of fasting as “giving up” something, usually chocolate or alcohol or if you really want to suffer, coffee. The whole idea is, it should give you a sense of what it’s like to go without, to sacrifice. In a world where so many go hungry or homeless it can help us remember how fortunate we are, and that’s a valuable lesson.

The year I gave up coffee I took the money I saved and gave it to a soup kitchen at Easter.

It was amazing how quickly it added up. Mind you, I think my donation was larger the year I gave up wine for 40 days.

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One year for Lent, I pledged to write a letter a day for 40 days, and I did! I wrote friends and family and people I hadn’t been in touch with for a long time. They were letters that told them why they mattered to me and why I admired them.

It also meant I spent half an hour every day away from the hustle and bustle of my busy life and quietly remembered someone special to me. I know I was as blessed by writing those letters as I hope my friends and family were by receiving them.

In the end, I think there is value for everyone in learning the lessons of Lent. It helps one appreciate the joy of Spring and, you feel you’ve earned those Easter eggs.

Jo-Ann Roberts is an award-winning, veteran journalist who is host of CBC Radio’s All Points West, 3-6 pm weekday afternoons, 90.5 fm.

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ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19)

This is an empowering time! The Sun in your sign gives you a chance to recharge your batteries for the rest of the year. It also attracts important people to you as well as favourable circumstances. Be aware of this blessing and use it to your advantage.

Venus will soften all relationships with friends and groups; however, your ruler fiery Mars continues to oppose you until August, creating arguments with others.

Hey – it’s an opportunity to practice patience.

to crazy sleep habits. Do get more rest. This will be challenging because fair Venus will create parties, social occasions and Georgia Nicols romantic adventures. And feisty Mars is in your sign until August making you energetically assertive (read bossy and pushy).

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20)

Your personal year is coming to an end. How do you want your new year to be different from this year? Partnerships have been a struggle; nevertheless, you’re working hard.

In addition, your optimism is strong and your hopes for the future are big. These hopes are justified because in about five to six years, you will reach a career peak or time of harvest in your life. And late this year and next year, will be an excellent time to explore real-estate opportunities. Ka-ching!

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21)

You want to be efficient at work; and you want things running tickety-boo at home. Many of you will also work out at the gym because you want to buff your bod and get in shape. Make a list and prioritize what is really important. When you tackle something – give yourself the best equipment to do it. Take yourself seriously. Do yourself a favour. When you tackle something like a professional, the results will show. Like the pro carpenter, “Measure twice, cut once.”

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20)

This is a popular month! Get out and boogie.

Talk to people and meet new faces. Join classes, gyms, clubs and organizations.

Not only is this a social month for you, it’s a time where you will benefit from interacting with others – people will help you! Travel for pleasure will appeal plus romance and competitive sports. Your future earnings are bound to increase this year and next, perhaps from a contact you make this month. Enjoy your increased popularity and think about how to make your dreams come true.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22)

The Sun is now acting like a spotlight and this light is flattering. People will admire you and those in authority will give you increased responsibilities. This is the time to make your pitch or go after what you want or ask for approval or permission. Not only will authority figures give you the nod, you can benefit from the wealth and resources of others as well.

Gifts and goodies will come your way. This is a favourable time except for the chaos and insanity on the home front.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22)

Whether it’s a road trip or jet hop somewhere, you need a change of scenery. Adventure and the thrill of discovery! Yeah! Do something to satisfy this urge. Travel is a good choice.

Or you might experience something fresh by learning anything new or you could sign up for a course. Recently, I have been discovering an unfamiliar part of a city I thought I knew and I’m fascinated! Groovy new places to eat and cool secondhand bookshops make me feel like I’m on vacation. But I’m at home.

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But that’s a given. You will also passionately defend your best interests in sharing anything like an inheritance or a dispute about insurance matters or shared property. Expect to be focused on taxes, debt, bills, shared expenses, shared labour and responsibilities for others.

Fortunately, everything at work is smooth and cozy. Some will get a raise or praise. Others will strike up a work-related romance. Woo, woo!

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The Sun is now opposite your sign, which is as far away from you as it gets all year.

Because the Sun is your source of energy, you are bagged! You need more sleep. Of course Librans, more than any other sign, are prone

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21)

This month is full of games, parties, schmoozing, flirtations, romantic getaways, vacations, games, sports events, musical performances, the arts, movies and just plain fun. Express your creative talents. Enjoy playful times with children. Take a vacation. The arts, the entertainment world and the hospitality industry will flourish. You can make money from writing and talking. Wealth will continue to come your way. How sweet it is!

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19)

Now your attention turns to home and family.

Some of you will want to cocoon more at home or hide. Or you might check out how to modify your home or make basic changes that please you. Partners and close friends are helpful; and you are ready to part with your hard-earned dough to buy beautiful goodies for yourself and others. Incidentally, there is a chance you can get a raise or a better job. (Be aware of this.)

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18)

You’ve got things to do, places to go, people to see. Because you’re keen to enlighten them about your views and ideas, this is a strong month for those who sell, teach, act or write. You also want to travel, study and explore beyond your sandbox. Buy wardrobe goodies. Relations with others will be smooth because Venus will help you to be diplomatic and charming. This promotes your chance to improve your current job or get a better one.

Perfect time for short trips. Zoom, zoom.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20)

Money, cash flow, earnings, debt, major purchases and shopping sprees are on the menu now. You’re concerned with earnings and how to boost them. (This is a good time to get a job in the arts, movies, the entertainment world, the game industry, the hospitality industry and anything to do with working with children.) You express yourself well now because Mercury is in your sign. Take some time to think about your values and what really matters. What motivates you?

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