There's so much to explore and discover on this beautiful planet we share. Often, it's the seemingly simple things that bring the most pleasure: the sound of the wind in the trees, the smell of fresh snow, the taste of fresh honey. But we can only experience them fully when we allow ourselves the time and space to reconnect with nature.
Here are ten books that encourage readers to do just that.
Wow – bees are amazing creatures! And if you didn't think so before you certainly will after browsing this encyclopaedic picture book from Poland. 72 very large pages to enjoy on topics such as 'Bees and Dinosaurs', 'Unusual Beehives' and 'The Giant Honey Bees of Asia'. Stunning illustrations, combined with a wealth of facts and stories.
Featuring birds, their feathers and a cat named Plume.
At 368 pages, this illustrated nature guide is packed with information and ideas, organised under simple chapter headings, such as "Birds: Look Up There!" and "Flowers: What Are Flowers For?" Stunning illustrations in just two colours, blue and orange. The original Portuguese edition of this book won the prestigious Bologna Ragazzi award in 2015.
The author/illustrator of the Disgusting Crittersseries shares her love and knowledge of mushrooms of all types in her latest book.
This is a glorious collection of animal prints from original paintings by Indian tribal and folk artists. Featuring brightly coloured tigers, elephants, deer, snakes and more, individually screen printed on thick handmade paper. A limited-edition reprint of a classic title from Tara Books.
Discover some of the world's fascinating mountain ranges – the Andes, the Alps and the Himalaya – and meet some of the people and animals who live there. This richly illustrated title also features climbers who have tackled some of the most challenging peaks.
A poetic exploration of the water cycle in English, Spanish and Nahuat.
The woods are a place of wonder. There are footprints to follow, pinecones to collect, trees that whisper and birds that flutter through the pages.
We might be sleeping, but all sorts of animals are awake at night. This book reveals what they are and what they are up to.
Laura Taylor is a translator from French to English, writer and mother of two young children. In May 2017, she set out to research, read and review picture books from every country in the world. She blogs at www.planetpicturebook.com and tweets @plapibo.
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Brent Green's Gravity Is Wonderfully Wonky
Kelly Klaasmeyer | December 13, 2010 | 4:19pm
Kentucky hardware store clerk Leonard Wood was a man obsessed. When his wife Mary was diagnosed with cancer, he began building, trying to turn their house into a kind of machine to heal her. She died anyway. But Wood kept on building for the next 20 years, maybe hoping to bring her back or maybe trying to find a way to communicate with her. Brent Green is also a man obsessed. In the process of making his film Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then, which tells the story of Leonard Wood and his wife, Green built a life-size recreation of Wood's eccentric house, in his own backyard.
The film has a wonky, stop motion, homemade aesthetic that ties in perfectly to Wood's story. It's an homage to love, faith and sheer determination. You can imagine this handyman kind of guy, frustrated that he couldn't reach in and fix what was wrong with his wife, trying to build her back to health by crafting a structure that he believed could channel divine forces to heal her. The 75-minute video plays on several screens in the DiverseWorks galleries. Green also has a fanciful cardboard cutout installation as part of the exhibition. Like most gallery-screened video, the acoustics aren't ideal, but it's worth the effort. This is a really wonderful film, and it closes this Saturday. Hurry!
(Through December 18, DiverseWorks 1117 East Freeway, 713-223-8346.)
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The band's anthem Viva La Vida will be played simultaneously at outdoor concerts across the UK in a Bandstand Marathon ahead of the Paralympic closing ceremony.
Performers will be encouraged to play their own unique take on the song on September 9, as part of the finale to the London 2012 festival.
Hundreds of outdoor community concerts will be staged for the event, as the song is performed at 2pm on the final day of the Games.
Organisers said the Bandstand Marathon will present a "unique portrait of the UK's diverse musical tastes and styles in 2012".
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, who will headline the closing ceremony with his band, said: "It's a great honour for us to be part of the celebrations for the Paralympic Games and it should be a great moment when the bandstands of Great Britain strike up in unison."
Mayor of London Boris Johnson said: "Millions of people across the capital have already enjoyed an astonishing variety of music, drama, and spectacle from around the world. The Bandstand Marathon renditions of Coldplay's instantly-recognisable mega hit Viva la Vida will be fittingly upbeat coda to the London 2012 celebrations.
"We want as many Londoners as possible to take part and after the Games are over I hope many more will be encouraged to bring the sound of beautiful music to their local communities. Long live life indeed!"
The Bandstand Marathon will include a performance from a 91-year-old singer in Bellfield Park, Inverness, while London's Regent's Park will celebrate traditional and contemporary Jewish music.
An Elvis impersonator will perform in Victoria Park, Barry, South Wales, and visitors to Broomfield Park, Palmers Green, north London, can expect the Afro-Caribbean beats of The Harambe Drummers.


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Some artists from 1995 had streets named after them, some became one of the most sought after vocal directors in Eurovision and others wrote a song that has been covered by over 100 different artists. What became of the top 10 of 1995? We take a closer look.
There were doubts as to whether Ireland could afford to host the contest again after a third consecutive victory meant that they were hosting three years in a row. A deal was struck with the EBU that if the country was to win the Eurovision Song Contest again that they wouldn't be expected to host the contest for the fourth time in a row. This was agreed by the EBU but luckily for the Irish this never happened as Norway won the competition with their mostly instrumental song Nocturne.
Where are the top 10 of 1995 and what have they been doing for the past 15 years? Here you can find out.
10. Love City Groove – Love City Groove – United Kingdom
Following their success in earning the United Kingdom a top 10 result in Dublin, the group failed to emulate their success with their follow-up singles which didn't reach the chart. They tried a change of record label and released a new album but again, didn't get much success. The band disbanded with the members trying solo ventures.
Band member Steve Rudden entered the 1998 Song For Europe selection show with the song When We Are Along (We Dream), but unfortunately for him, finished in last place. Rudden has continued to work in the music industry and has been writing songs for other artists as well as for television and film.
Tatsiana Mais (Q-Tee) and Jay Williams released some music as solo-artists before retiring from music.
Fellow band member Paul Hardy took audition for the 5th series of The Voice UK, but failed to pass the blind auditions. He took part in an episode of British comedy panel game, 'Never Mind the Buzzcocks' where the panel had to guess which person in a line up of 5 men, was the real Paul Hardy from Love City Groove. Look at the image below, can you pick out the real Paul Hardy?
Who man is Love City Groove's Paul Hardy?
9. Alexandros Panayi – Sti Fotia – Cyprus
Panayi has been to vocal director for many high profile Eurovision artists
Alexandros and Eurovision go together like salt and pepper. Though 1995 was the first time he competed at the contest, it was not his first time there..nor was it his last. Prior to 1995 Panayi sang backing vocals in 1989 and 1991 as well as competing in the Cypriot selection shows. It's easy to lose count of how many contests he has been involved with since, but he has been most notably involved in 2005 where he was Helena Paparizou's vocal director and backing vocalist for the song My Number One, which won the Eurovision Song Contest for Greece. He has also been the vocal director for other famous entries including Sergey Lazarev in both 2016 & 2019 along with Sakis Rouvas and Farid Mammadov.
Panayi hasn't only helped out other artists at Eurovision but competed again in 2000 as part of duo Nomiza with Christina Argyri. This attempt did not go down well as unfortunately the duo finished in 21st place with just 8 points.
Outside of the Eurovision circle Alexandros Panayi has also continued to keep busy. He has worked as a vocal coach, judge and panellist on The X Factor Greece and has provided the vocals in the Greek language versions of The Lion King 2, Tarzan and Mulan.
Panayi is also a vehement spokesperson for Alzheimer's Awareness and is extremely passionate about this cause following his mother's experience with the condition. He has helped to raise awareness by attending different charity events as well as writing a musical called Di-Mentia.
8. Liora – Amen – Israel
Liora shares her adventures and experiences on instagram
Liora has continued to make music and perform as a singer and an artist. On her official website, Liora offers to perform at your event for a free, promising to make your guests 'surprised and excited'. The singer is very active on her instagram page and shares lots of pictures of her travels and adventures as well as time with her family.
7. Darja Švajger – Prisluhni Mi – Slovenia
Popular Slovenian singer Darja represented her country at Eurovision again, four years after her first effort in Dublin. She entered the contest with the song For A Thousand Years which was written and composed by the same song-writing team behind her 1995 entry. Though she was leading in the early stages of the voting, she eventually slipped down the leader board but finishing just outside of the top 10, in 11th place.
Darja was part of the professional jury for Slovenia's national selection this year which saw Ana Soklič selected to represent Slovenia in Rotterdam. Due to the cancellation of this year's contest because of the Covid-19 pandemic, Ana will represent Slovenia in Rotterdam in 2021.
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6. Magazin and Lidija – Nostalgija – Croatia
Not how you remember them – the current line up of Magazin
Magazin were already a well established band in Croatia before Eurovision, having being founded in 1970. The band teamed up with Croatian Sopranno Lidija Horvat-Dunjko to enter Eurovision in Dublin. The band are still very much together despite several changes to members with guitarist Željko Baričić being the only founding member still with the band. The band are still very active and communicate with their fans via their official facebook page.
Lidija is still a highly respected performer in classical music circles
Since the contest Lidija founded the Opera School of Mirula in 2003 as well as a summer school on the island of Brač. She has been awarded the highest Croatian national decoration for her achievement in culture, the Order of Danica Hrvatska.
5. Aud Wilken – Fra Mols Til Skagen – Denmark
Aud's love ballad wasn't expected to do well when it was first picked by the Danish music professionals to be Denmark's Eurovision song for 1995. However, the song placed well at number 5 in the grand final, and the Danes started to better appreciate the song.
Aud tried to enter Eurovision for the Danes again in 2007 but she was unsuccessful, failing to pass the semi final stage of the selection. The same year the singer moved to America and continued to make music, her last single being in 2013 though she has appeared on other artists albums, including Denmark's Knud Odde as late as three years ago. You can listen to their interesting duet by watching the video below.
4. Nathalie Santamaria – Il Me Donne Rendez-vous – France
Corsican born Nathalie released the album Entre Rêve Et Réalités (Between Dreams And Realities) two years after she earned a solid 4th place for France with her up-tempo love song. Since then she appears to have been absent from the music scene and kept herself out of the spotlight.
3. Jan Johansen – Se På Mig – Sweden
Third place entrant Jan Johansen has tried to represent his country for the 3 consecutive years following his time competing in Dublin. He had a break from the national selection Melodifestivalen for 17 years, but returned this year with his track Miraklernas tid which competed in the second heat. Unfortunately he finished in last place.
In 2013, Jan wrote a book entitled Med nya ögon (Through Different Eyes) which he co-authored with journalist Colette van Luik. The book is autobiographical and tells his life story from childhood to his breakthrough in 1995 including his personal life as a husband and father as well as some of the pitfalls of fame.
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2. Anabel Conde – Vuelve Conmigo – Spain
Anabel made several attempts to return to Eurovision but all proved fruitless
Anabel quit singing for a while after the contest due to conflicts with her record label. Despite this, the town Fuengirola in Malaga named a square after her, Plaza Anabel Conde is lined with cafes and shops. During this hiatus from her career, Conde went to London where she studied music.
In 2005 Anabel returned to Eurovision again, but this time as a backing singer for the Andorran entrant Marian Van Der Wal. Conde has since made several attempts at returning to Eurovision as a solo artist taking part in the Spanish selection shows but ultimately losing out to other acts. She even made an attempt at representing Poland as a duo with her sister but this also failed to materialise.
Conde later joined the Alcatras Orchestra and has spent time working as a teacher. In 2011, she launched a crowd funding campaign with the help of 2005's Daniel Aragay to fund her album Toda una mujer.
1. Secret Garden – Nocturne – Norway
Norway's Secret Garden have enjoyed success since their time in the contest, mostly due to writing the song You Raise Me Up which was initially released in 2002 and was at first only a minor hit. It wasn't until the following year when the song was released by Josh Groban and later by Irish boyband Westlife that the song became a huge and famous hit, being performed by other 100 other artists.
In 2015 the duo released a book entitled: You Raise Me Up: The Story Of The Secret Garden. The book tells the story of their triumphs as well as their trials and tribulations during their career.
Separately, violist Fionnuala Sherry has recorded several Hollywood films scores with the Irish Film Orchestra, one of the most notable being Jim Carey's 'The Mask' which was released in 1994. In 2015, Fionnuala had an accident when she was out walking, tripped and broke both of her arms. Giving her line of work as a violinist this had the potential to abruptly end her career. She had three lots of operations and had to re-learn to play the violin, as the position of the breaks in her bones meant that she could no longer hold her violin in the same way. After 6 months of physiotherapy, she beat the odds and was able to return to the stage in time for the Secret Garden's 20 year anniversary concert.
Norweigan Rolf Løvland, the other half of Secret Garden wrote the music for Barbara Streisand's I've Dreamed of You which she sang at her wedding as a gift to her husband, and which also made it's way onto one of her albums. In 2018, a lawsuit was filed against Rolf for You Raise Me Up as he was accused of ripping off a song called Soknudur written by Icelandic singer-songwriter Johann Helgason which was released in 1977. However the judge leading the case concluded that the songs weren't that similar.
Secret Garden took part in the Eurovision Home Concerts series this summer where they performed an 'at home' version of Nocturne.
For those of you that played along..the real Paul Hardy from Love City Groove is number 3 🙂
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4th June 2020 in Et cetera, Eurovision Song Contest. Tags: Alexandros Panayi, Anabel Conde, Aud Wilken, Darja Svajger, Helena Paparizou, Jan Johansen, Liora, Love City Groove, Magazin and Lidija, Nathalie Santamaria, Se På Mig, Secret Garden, Željko Baričić Countries: Cyprus, Denmark, France, Israel, Norway, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
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Stanley, Richard P.
Enumerative combinatorics. Vol. 1. 2nd ed. (English) Zbl 1247.05003
Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics 49. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (ISBN 978-1-107-60262-5/pbk; 978-1-107-01542-5/hbk; 978-1-139-20056-1/ebook). xiii, 626 p. (2012).
The first edition of this book has become established as the standard introduction to enumerative combinatorics. Since the publication in 1986, the field has developed rapidly. The present new edition takes this fact into account.
The first chapter "What is enumerative combinatorics?" has been enlarged by six new sections which mainly treat permutation statistics but also \(q\)-analogues of permutations. The third chapter "Partially ordered sets" now includes additional sections on hyperplane arrangements, the \(cd\)-index, promotion and evacuations, and differential posets. The new edition comes with more than 350 new exercises; less difficult exercises are without solutions now.
See the reviews of the first editions in [Zbl 0945.05006; Zbl 0608.05001; Zbl 0889.05001].
Reviewer: Astrid Reifegerste (Magdeburg)
Cited in 480 Documents
05-02 Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to combinatorics
05A15 Exact enumeration problems, generating functions
05A16 Asymptotic enumeration
06A07 Combinatorics of partially ordered sets
enumerative combinatorics; counting; sieve methods; partially ordered sets; generating functions
Zbl 0945.05006; Zbl 0608.05001; Zbl 0889.05001
\textit{R. P. Stanley}, Enumerative combinatorics. Vol. 1. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2012; Zbl 1247.05003)
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14 hospitals pay $11.9 million to settle kyphoplasty cases
Jaimy Lee
The Justice Department said 14 hospitals in seven states settled allegations that they submitted false kyphoplasty claims to Medicare, bringing the total number of hospitals to resolve similar allegations with the government to 40.
The 14 hospitals will pay about $11.9 million in total to settle allegations that they performed kyphoplasty procedures at inpatient facilities to increase Medicare billings during varying time periods from 2000 to 2008, according to a Justice Department news release.
The individual settlements with the hospitals range from $73,000 to $2.3 million.
"These hospitals put profits ahead of sound medical judgment, making decisions based on a desire to maximize Medicare reimbursement rather than on individualized assessments of medical necessity," said William Hochul Jr., U.S. attorney for the Western District of New York in Buffalo, in the news release.
The hospitals said in the individual settlements that the "agreement is not admission of liability."
The hospitals include Plainview (N.Y.) Hospital; Syosset (N.Y.) Hospital; North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo; Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C.; Wenatchee (Wash.) Valley Medical Center; Community Hospital Anderson (Ind.); St. John's Mercy Medical Center in Creve Coeur, Mo.; Gulf Coast Medical Center and Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers, Fla.; Cape Coral (Fla.) Hospital; and the system that owns Florida Hospital in Orlando, Florida Hospital Oceanside, Florida Hospital Fish Memorial and Florida Hospital Heartland Medical Center.
In total, the government has settled with the hospitals for about $40 million to resolve allegations related to Medicare claims for kyphoplasty procedures. Kyphoplasty is a minimally-invasive procedure that uses orthopedic balloons and bone cement to treat spinal fractures.
Two former employees of Kyphon, the company that manufactured the kits used in kyphoplasty, filed a whistle-blower lawsuit in 2008 in federal district court in Buffalo, N.Y. Medtronic, which acquired Kyphon in 2007, reached a $75 million settlement with the Justice Department in 2008 for allegedly telling hospitals to perform the procedures on an inpatient basis.
The Justice Department announced the first settlement with a hospital in 2009. The most recent settlement was reached in April with Rex Healthcare of Raleigh, N.C.


Spring is officially here. So are runny noses, sneezing, itchy eyes, coughing, and a long list of annoying allergy symptoms. Those symptoms can not only be aggravating but they can turn into further problems costing a whole lot more than aggravation.
No one wants to be locked inside the house when the weather is nice and beautiful flowers are blooming! Preventing the symptoms naturally is by far the BEST way to handle allergies. Do not wait until they kick in full force to start prevention and treatment.
Since local bees gather pollen from the area near where you live to make the honey, eating the honey they make will, in turn, allow you to ingest the local pollen. After using at least a teaspoon of local honey each day for a while, your body will begin to build up immunity to it resulting in less allergy symptoms.
Local honey is considered to be roughly 15-20 miles from your home. If you can not find honey that close to home, going a little further is still better than just purchasing packaged honey from the grocery store.
Although Apple Cider Vinegar tastes NASTY, it has an extremely long list of health benefits including allergy and sinus relief. Make sure you use Organic RAW Apple Cider Vinegar. Regular Apple Cider Vinegar has been filtered which takes out the "Mother" and sediment. The "mother" contains cellulose and acetic acid bacteria.
You can take straight apple cider vinegar or here is a short little recipe for the fullest effect. Simply mix 1 TBSP RAW apple cider vinegar, 1 TBSP lemon juice, and half a TBSP local honey three times a day!
Showering will not only feel good if you are suffering from allergies but it also decreases the amount of pollen you are exposed to as you sleep. Most people do not realize how much pollen your skin and especially your hair hold from just a simple walk to the car!
Either before or after your night time shower, use a saline rinse or neti pot to rinse your sinus's out. Sometimes allergies are more from the allergens attaching to the nasal hair cause aggravation.
By rinsing your sinus cavity often, infections are less likely to take hold! So make sure you are rinsing every day! NO ONE likes a sinus infection.
This one seems crazy but think about it, pollen is literally everywhere outside. As the wind blows, pollen is blown into your face resulting in itchy, red eyes. Wearing a hat and sunglasses will protect your eyes from constant red and itchy eyes.
As pretty as it is outside, keeping windows closed is important. Within a matter of a few minutes, your home will be covered in pollen during the spring. Although you can clean your home, pollen settles on your couches and bedding making it difficult for a night's sleep without extra pollen exposure.
Although many of you probably already do this for cleanliness, washing your sheets weekly is very important especially during the spring. Allergens come in your home even when you do not have windows open. Anytime you come in from outside, allergens are tagging along only to be shaken off as you walk or change your clothing.
Between 5 am and 10 am, pollen counts are at their highest. Limit time outside especially when the weather is warm, dry and windy. Even if the ground is a little wet, spending time outside after a good rainfall is best!
Most news channels will give the pollen counts for the day. If pollen counts are high, avoid spending as much time outdoors. Be sure if you do go outside on those days that you wash your hair and body thoroughly when you come inside.
The most important thing when dealing with allergies is to boost your immunity to those allergens, drop the amount of exposure and keep your sinus cavity clean. Air purifiers are kind of a last resort for those who suffer greatly. You will be amazed at how often you will need to change your filter. Our homes are FULL of allergens that an air purifier will decrease.
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Parmanu Regains Its Momentum At the Box Office
Parmanu Regains It's Momentum At the Box Office
After Grappling For a Week At The Box-Office Parmanu Finally Regained It's Grip
By Ria Bhatia On Jun 6, 2018
The Tale of Pokhran, casting John Abraham, Diana Penty and Boman Irani. The film is based on the nuclear bomb test explosions conducted by the Indian Army at Pokhran in Rajasthan in 1998. Directed by Abhishek Sharma, the film has recieved reviews both sweet and sour.
It was released on May 25 and two weeks later, the film continues to maintain a steady momentum at the box-office. Its Buisness was impacted stiffly by semi-final and final matches of the Indian Premier League and also by Veere Di Wedding taking off on a solid start.
John Abraham, the lead actor added Rs 11.93 crore to its collection in its second weekend making its net total to Rs 47.34 crore at the domestic box-office. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to his official Twitter account to share the film's earnings. He wrote, "#Parmanu is recovering lost ground [#IPL semi-finals and finals affected its biz in its opening weekend]… Maintains ROCK-STEADY figures…"
#Parmanu gets affected by #VeereDiWedding wave and also the Punjabi biggie #CarryOnJatta2 [in North India]… Should gather momentum, yet again, on Sat and Sun, since the film has been immensely appreciated… [Week 2] Fri 2.05 cr. Total: ₹ 37.46 cr. India biz.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) June 2, 2018
The film managed to forge and earning of Rs 35.41 crore in its first week and entered a comfortable spot. Currently in its second week, the film is now inching closer towards the Rs 50 crore-mark. Bhavesh Joshi Superhero continues to grapple at the box-office with its earning froze at a little over Rs 1 crore after a five-day run.
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Fascinating Women
Laurie Anne Sakla - jello wrestler - domestic violence defender - model - mom
September 02, 2020 Laurie Anne Sakla Season 1 Episode 23
Laurie Anne Sakla
Laurie Anne is a woman with a fascinating past. Raised by a single mom with a unique perspective, was a wide-eyed innocent in the '80s, taken under the wing by members of big-name rock bands like big brothers. Traveled the world wrestling in jello, mud, and oil. Modeled impressively and still does; it is her balance in life.
Then an experience in relationship control changed her world and her path. She now has lines in the sand that she does not allow crossing. She has a passion and empathy for women in desperate situations.
Yet, she remains warm, bubbly, and engaging, Her eyes still sparkle.
There are some amazing insights in her conversation with Mark.
You can reach out to Laurie Anne
lauriesaklas@gmail.com
Here are a few of her credentials.
Masters of Social Work- specialization clinical social work, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.
Bachelor of Arts-Sociology- Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alberta,
Diploma of Social Work, Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta.
Here are resources for assistance if you are at risk or know someone who is. :
Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter
https://www.calgarywomensshelter.com/
24 Hour Family Violence Helpline
YW of Calgary - Crisis line and access to emergency shelter
https://www.ywcalgary.ca/
From the Alberta.ca website
Family Violence-Help with costs to leave
https://www.alberta.ca/family-violence-costs-leave.aspx
Sagesse assists with education and workshops around family violence. Women may also access peer support groups and mentorship
https://www.sagesse.org/
HomeFront- Eliminating domestic violence through direct client services, justice coordination, and facilitated community action.
https://homefrontcalgary.com/main/
About Mark Laurie - Host.
Mark has been transforming how women see themselves, enlarging their sense of sexy, expanding their confidence in an exciting adventure that is transformational photography.
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introduction : 0:02
You're listening to fascinating women with Mark Laurie. And now, Mark Laurie.
Mark Laurie : 0:09
Hello, everyone, it's Mark Laurie here again from the fascinating women podcast normally and behind the lens with inner spirit photography, photographing amazing women, but today, I'm speaking with Laurie Ann Sackler. And she has a very, very diverse background that we're going to unravel today. Welcome, Laura. Laura, Laurie, Laurie, there we go. I was working so hard to get to not mess up the names and there I am.
Laurie Ann Sakla : 0:35
That's okay. Good morning, Mark. You're having me here today to talk about a little bit about I guess my background.
Yeah, about you Everyone is their background.
So going back to start though, going back with your childhood, what would be the top lesson you brought forward from your childhood?
Okay, wow. Tough Lessons.Well I guess it would really speak to my mother, my mother was really my biggest supporter, not only my biggest supporter, but at a very exemplary role model for myself was doing. You know, she was probably the kindest person I ever knew, never spoke l word about anyone. And if I learned anything from her would be her motto, which is people are people. And so that's something that has sat with me for most of my life. And, and I always go back to that thing, people are people, and it has made me more compassionate and kind human being, and just her role modeling that kind of behavior for myself and my sister and brother was pivotal to that. Yeah. So
that's what I do.Something I think most of them seem to get that across. I got that from my mom as well. She said basically, there's good people and there's bad people spend your time with good people.
Yeah. Twisted that. Yeah. And everybody's good. And everybody has some good in them. So,
there, yeah, there is that as well.
Right. And, you know, which brings me, you know, kind of like, I've always look at people as it's not what's wrong with that person. But what happened to that person? What happened to that person on their journey that impacted their life, whether adverse event trauma, you know, so it's always I think that increases your level of understanding, keeping curious about that individual. So you become less judgmental.
You're right. One of the mentors I have was, was talking about having discussions, and so few people have good discussions. It's more here's my point of view. Take it. Yeah, yeah. And his point was, Well, you've got to Find out why they came with your point of view and how far apart Are you really. And I think when you have that the compassion comes out and you start to understand where they come from. You don't have to agree with where they come from. But But when you understand they come from then you can find some common ground. Does that make kind of sense?
For sure, like, agree to disagree? Yeah. Yeah. And, you know, I've got a few of those with some friends that have, you know, different political views and religious views. But, you know, that's what makes them so wonderful is that they are not like me. Yeah,
yeah, the diversity is really important. So I think it keeps you in enriched it. So you've had a pretty diverse life as well. So before we get in with a deeper kind of stuff, you're, you're in the medical medical fields wrong or the more the social medical world maybe describe that a little bit.
So my training as clinical social work, I have a master's in clinical social work and are you know, an undergrad in psychology and sociology, Very curious about the human mind, obviously, in my case, people tick. And so and I continue on that journey and in terms of personal growth.
So how far back Could you go? Before you start going? This is what I'm honing in on.
So I think it was as an adolescent I. I had several friends that committed suicide and completed suicide. And my best friend had fixated himself in his garage. Okay. As a young teen it really kind of mentally messed me up myself up so I ran away from home, right? God in the entertainment industry, as a first I started as a swimsuit model. And then I started wrestling, oil wrestling, jello wrestling, which really took me around the world. So it was, it was very interesting.
That's brings a whole image into mind. Right, so um, yeah. So I think it was
Back then and I wanted to help teens and children and and even in the entertainment industry watching people with addictions and mental health and just poor life choices and the impact of those poor life choices made me really want to help people.
I remember a static came across a guy was talking about how many good decisions you have to make out of all the decisions you make in a day to be mediocre successful, and it is surprisingly low of all the photos of all the experiences for the choices you make from great to small. I think it's something like 7% 5% if you get 5% of all your decisions are right, your for good life. So it sort of suggests how few good, a few bad decisions a person can make before things kind of go sideways.
Yeah, well, I don't regret anything I've done but I have made lots of poor choices, especially in my intimate relationships.But I think it made me stronger person and I wouldn't change anything. Really
yeah that's that's how I look at my background I'm kind of the sort of the same way about it and I don't know if poor choices is often a good phrase sometimes seems to me like you've got things are successful with and things are learning curves.
Yes yes I think my whole life is learning curve really. So I'm still learning
Oh, yeah, it's
you know, every day just when I think I've heard it or seen it all something new happens. I'm like, wow, okay, another learning.
So what are you curious about these days? Where's your curiosity take you
Oh, wow. You know, so I'm currently a mental health therapist. Right. And I also work in physician wellness and and I also work at in pediatrics so I'm so Wow, I am I need variety right and I'm but I also do some modeling on the side. still continue with Some branding, and I love that creative. I just have the best of both worlds. It kind of balances out I have my professional career and then I get to do some fun stuff, which is my self care routine. So really, yeah, it actually is like, modeling is my self care, it gets me out of my head and be someone that nobody knows or no one, you know, because sometimes I've been told I'm unrelatable Okay, you know, or they view me as a professional and they don't know truly what my background is or where I come from. And it's always fascinating for them to find out. Oh, this girl once was a Mud Wrestler..
So, a lot of people have that in the resume.
So, you know, like going back to people or people and when, you know, I just keep evolving and I'm a lifelong learner. Believe in professional development, that where and I see why have in the future. I don't know. I really don't know what this moment, I met a really good place and stage in my life where I you know, I have amazing relationships in my life that I've built and you know, really good supportive network. And I'm a connector. So I like connecting people. And if I can help someone further their career or you know, just guiding a young model or whatever that looks like I take pride in those connections. Cool. So for the future, I don't know I'm so open to that.
Yes, you have so far to go. Such a little puppy. The gray beard. This look back on things. Yeah. We have seen a lot 40 years of photographing women. There's quite a variety in there that is coming along. Oh, for sure. So what belief is copy your childhood that is really been your rock for you. They just sit back and go that that's the thing that gets me through stuff.
Well, my mother was a very strong woman. She's a single mother of three children, dad and mother separated an early age. I think it was five at the time. And my father was the one man for her. Right? So she never ever engaged in another relationship after him. So she was single most most of my life, right? So just watching her independence and her strength, really gave me the strength and, um, you know, just her guidance, and she really gave me resiliency to deal with the hard times. And, and just, you know, just practicing kindness and gratefulness. Always being grateful has brought me more opportunities and staying optimistic. And I think a lot of people lose sight of what they do have. So she always encouraged us to release celebrate what we had. No, which as a single mother wasn't a lot, but I appreciated what her and what she could do for us and our life was rich.
Mark Laurie : 10:12
Money is useful, but it doesn't define how rich life can be, does it?
Laurie Ann Sakla : 10:16
No, it does not. And actually, money has been the root of all evil for a lot of people I know. And a lot of people have been misguided by AI material objects. I, you know,
yeah, they can be it. And it's the thing with money, I think a lot of cases is it's not a young age, we're not trained how to work with it. And so it's a very powerful device that's like fire if you don't know how to look after a fire, you're gonna get burned. If you don't know how to handle money, it's gonna, it's gonna bite you because you don't have that mental grasp.
That's right. And I can speak on that too, as well given like I was so young and making a lot of money in the entertainment industry and had no concept of accounting or unit I had some great leather outfits.
That's my investment protocol.
It's like I had leather and everything. But I didn't know how to manage my money and I wish someone did because I literally would have been set for life right? Mm hmm yeah,
that's amazing the process of where money can take you ever experiences kind of take you in and gets on into that but but the the gratitude is powerful it I understand it actually releases chemicals in your brain when you're grateful say out loud to somebody. That's right. And I also I don't think people understand how far a kind word can go someone.
You know, it makes my day it's not one of a male comments on my outfit, or my shoes or whatever that looks like your smile. It's when another woman actually reaches out to you and say has, hey, great outfit. It's rare that women practice that or will do that and I don't know why that is. You know, I think at a young age, we're taught to compete with one another. But I've always tried to embrace other women and make them feel comfortable around me and include them in our conversation. And if they bring something great, or there's something unique to them, I'm gonna comment on it. Yeah. And that makes a lot of women stays because you don't know what they're going through at home. That's right, you know, they, you know, so I think it really can lift people's spirits and go a long way.
It does. It can lift person out of giving the confidence. They can feel it's just a very powerful effect. And I've I have noticed the people that I work with are highly successful and wealthy. And so their amount of humbleness and gratitude I can there's one fellow that is just an amazing individual. And how many of you had a conversation? It's like, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Yes, no, and I'm going wow, because we're not in the same plane, but he's he's respectful of everybody. Mm hmm. So your what's your mud and jello days? What were they like?
So, I was born in Vancouver, right? And so I'm an original Vancouver girl. And back in the 80s, early 90s. Vancouver really was really known for their music, steam and we had the best music producers sound engineers, obviously a little mountain sound. I was there. And my best friend was Darwin Brooks at the time, whose father owned a little mountain sound. Okay, so I always say little little mountain sound was my playground. Okay, so I got to go in there as the as a young adult female and spend time with David Lee Roth. How old are you say you're young? Oh, gosh, I think I was 1919. Okay, yeah. And I hung out with David Lee Roth. He liked to spend his time and seedy bars. And so we would go to the Cecil Hotel, and have some drinks and watch some exotic entertainment and it's a grad time like looking back on that. Now it seems surreal. You know that I met the guys from poison and slaughter and so many musicians became best friends with Bob ron paul Hyde. Not Fernando Loverboy the drummer, actually, I can stir like my big brother. So he is the one that looked out for me when I was getting out of hand. So he knows he's reined me in. That's an odd concept to have rock bands. Rainey knew when they were reading him because they knew as a young girl, and I was impressionable, and I was just really friendly, and they knew that some people would take advantage of that. So not really, really was like, always my big brother like No, don't do that. That's not a good idea. But you know, I'm glad I have that lived experience. It was just such a fun time and, you know, I like jealous In jello like Who doesn't? I think cherry is my favorite
How big is it? Is the jello container up?
So you see it's a swimming pool okay now those like inflatable swimming pools my gosh i can't i don't know what size that would be like six feet yeah around that yeah something like that and you know they would just cube out a ton of jello I don't know if people were making in their bathtub and you know they just don't throw it in and you'd be in there with another girl and some moves were you know in advance we knew what was going on. If you grab a girl by the back of the head, you're going to shake your head right right. So some of it was pure acting and that some of it was not a few times I got in the ring with a big six foot tall blonde and I'm a little burnout and got my ass whooped. You know, find it was it was fun. No think my parents were too happy about that, but I you know, it led me to, you know some great opportunities. I learned a Foxy boxing for Playboy and so works on the Playboy clubs in the states got sent to Hawaii for three months lived on the Big Island which was wonderful. I surfed and snorkeled every day and did my four shows a day and that was oil wrestling right? But I you know, but just it was great like I I actually worked Bon Jovi, Jon Bon Jovi stag. And that was one of the most surreal moments of my life, you know, like sitting there with Richie Sambora and me my bikinis getting drinks, but you know, it was great. It was a great opportunity. It was a lot of fun. Some people let's say I was objectified, but you know what, I made a lot of money. And I had a lot of fun and like I said, a great leather outfits
Yeah, that we had photographed a lot of girls doing the same kind of thing in the early days. Yeah. And yeah, they were embracing it like this you know, some of the labels I get that they're there people are sort of post putting that back onto Yeah, thinking back in the girls and going, No, they had a good time. This was Yeah, it was their choice and they really embraced it. And they took control of it.
And I and I agree in and you know, I agree and a lot of people say, Oh my God, you are exploited. I never felt exploited. I always had a good time when it didn't become fun. I stopped doing it. Really simple. So it's not it's that simple. And
I think sometimes the lens with which people look at the past they don't, they don't take into account what it was like in those days. Oh, going back, far back to the John A McDonald things and, and even the 80s you look at the lens from today's things they will not that's an appropriate that bad but when you have it. At the time. It was the thick of it. It was Yeah, it was quite quite alright.
Yeah, it was, you know, there was a band playing in every hotel back That's right. So you know, those guys became our brothers and best friends. And then looked after us and we looked after them. And, um, you know, you traveled around Canada and the states and you know, and, you know, I was on many a tour bus, that's who I traveled with. And, you know, it was, you know, it was just it was a different, totally different atmosphere,
it's really hard to describe someone what that was like and how it's not the way they perceive it necessarily for it. So bringing that forward, how did that sort of shape you the next stage of your life
So, like I said, I so I got ended up getting pregnant during this time, and I decided that I didn't want my son to be raised in that lifestyle. I don't think it would be a healthy lifestyle, always traveling and just the work hours and and numerous things. And so I came back to Calgary and moved in with my mom when I was about four months pregnant and just kind of showed up said, Hey, I'm pregnant. Um, you know, and so I decided that school and this was the time I should get my Social Work diploma. So I actually while I was pregnant, went to Mount Royal College and got my diploma in social work during that time and then actually was employed right away. Working with persons with disabilities, which was a great experience that Yeah, very interesting situations there that I was always in because I worked with highly violent, aggressive individuals. so paranoid schizophrenia, bipolar, depression, manic So, you know, so there was some pretty interesting situations where I had been assaulted a few times and, you know, and then some people came to me and said, you know, why don't you become a correctional officer because you won't get assaulted? And I was thinking, Well, that sounds like a good idea, right? So yes, I kind of that led me into Working in corrections, which actually was a good choice for me because I was not assaulted in corrections. They have kind of their own code offenders, and they're very respectful of female officers. And yeah, so I never had any issues. So I was a surveillance officer. So is out in the community of Calgary checking on people in their homes. And yeah, so you never knew what you're going to walk into. You know, sometimes there'd be a drug deal going on when I show up at the door. And then I'd be like, Oh, this is a breach. But, you know, so it was fascinating. I really enjoyed it. Mm hmm. And somewhere along the way, you were part owner of a sports team. Yeah. So my ex husband and I a professional sports team. So our lacrosse team and so that was really interesting. He was a part we owned it partly with two other individuals. You No. And when I married him, it was quite interesting. Because I wasn't in their crowd, right. So I would show up at the games in the box with a group of my girls, I call them my girl squad. Okay, and you know, I just have a few drinks and have fun and just be like, and, you know, they, they were always in the way I think serious sports people want to be trifled. No, they doubt but you know, like, I never grew up before cross, right. So and he had and so he was very passionate about lacrosse, and he did a lot of good for a little across the community. And yeah, so yeah, it was really fun. We had some interesting moments. Yeah. So my son we have a son together and he actually from Tommy's barn has been playing lacrosse, right? He's like kind of lacrosse stick over his bass.
Yeah, Destiny, did he Yeah. So but ya know,
So and he he does quite well I'm across to his older brothers are professional lacrosse players. So he's got lots of role models. Yeah. So, so cool. Yeah, no, it was it was really fun. You know, a lot of people didn't like me because when we got divorced, I was the bad lady in the box, right? Oh, she got all the money in the divorce. I want everyone to know, I got nothing. Nada, nothing in the divorce.
So, why was that? Was that a choice you want to go off or just the way it worked out?
So the marriage is very short. It was short duration. And, and just I you know, I wasn't really entitled to anything. He owned a lot of it before me and yeah,
So you approach it with a sense of fairness.
Yeah, I you know, I tried. I tried to be fair, and, you know, unfortunately he, you know, we we struggle still today our relationship and he's very controlling and, you know, there was some abuse In the marriage, some verbal and emotional abuse, which that really actually molded me more than anything in that relationship where I found my passion and my passion is domestic violence. And it really led me to finding a position working with women and domestic violence survivors and helping them find their own voices and narratives. And I just I love, I love seeing a woman find herself. It's just nothing like it when they find their voice.
Yes. That's close to my heart, because of course, we're a transformational photographer. Yeah, so the course of even for hours I spent up to 10 hours with our clients, but in that photo, shoot, we see a woman come in who's who's there because she wants to be confident or wants a fighter voice or something. And the way we structure the photoshoot, we get to see that now not nearly the depth that you do with the practice that you take. But we're part of a part of the program, I guess you'd call it into what they're doing. And to, to watch a woman change a perspective of herself is It's amazing. I just love it.
Yeah, no and I, I totally could see that just with I would take these women for a haircut or their nails done or just a facial, some kind of form of self care for them and the transformation just from that little thing because I know from from my past marriages that I had no confidence, no self esteem as probably the lowest point in my life where I was like, and I had postpartum depression on top of it that was undiagnosed. So that definitely was the lowest point in my life. And somewhere I found my strength and then when I see these women find their strength. You know, it just makes my day and I, I it has led me to my current motto, which is okay, how can I make your life better today? That's an amazing model. That's a very serene motto, I get some powerful, powerful. Yeah, I wholeheartedly believe that that is important. It's really important.
So when you say that to someone, what kind of response to normally get? Do you get people saying, oh, here's what I need? Or they kind of I'm not too sure we come in for like, What? What's your normal response?
They don't know how to, they don't know how to take me. They're like, you know, you get the, like defensive people or you get them like, what do you want from me? Um, you know, I'm like, No, truly, I'm interested in knowing what you need, from me, our relationship, our contact, whatever, that is our interaction event. What What does that look like for you? And how can how can I improve your life? You know, because every interaction to me improves my life in some way or enriches my life in some way. You know, whether it's a learning moment, aha moment, a, you know, whatever that looks like.
It takes on many shapes. It does one of the books I've read a long time ago, I should try and find the title of it again, reread it, but the one of the core tenants in it was is that there's a sea of people. That swarm past you every day, Mm hmm. And yet, every now and then someone will stand out. Like, if you notice them. Yeah. And the book's purpose was to act on that. Because otherwise until you act to keep on seeing that person or someone like them, because there's a lesson that education and connection is something that the, that the, the spirit spots, and yes, the the helpful thing is it leads you down many paths.
It does. I had a situation with a woman in Starbucks and she looked frazzled. And so I just gently tapped her and I said, Are you okay? And just says words flooded, like she just flooded like, you know, and said I'm not okay. And, and then she just sat down with me and I spoke to her for a little bit and you know, I think people just need to talk right and and communicate and just validating their feelings that they're being heard.
so powerful because people even if they're acted upon just the act of sharing where I'm at right now. Yeah. That your role is just ears, you just listened to what it is. And often as they speak it they find their own solutions. Yes. Or at least their own comfort area.
Mm hmm. Yeah, no and not enough people stop, right to take that moment and check in with their fellow human beings. Right. And if more people would check on one another, we'd have a much happier world.
It's drifting apart. Like, it's, it's the cool thing is be kind of interesting because of how people are being forced to relate. Yeah, I heard some of these jokes that there's a lady in my house. I think she's my wife. I think she's the cleaner. She seems like a nice person.
Yeah, yeah. I yeah, it's fascinating world we're living in I you know, it's we're losing that connection more and more, unfortunately, and more people are becoming divided and You know, I'm not loving where we are at in the world today, you know, and but we need to find other ways to reconnect.
We do. I've been fortunate I keep on that's one of the advantages of the podcast is I get, it's a way for me to connect to people. Yes, very, very diverse people sets are coming, because without this would never have met. Yeah, no, for sure. So when someone asks you Mm Hmm, what can they do for you? What do you how do you respond?
Oh, you know,here's my,weakness, okay. I'm more I get more into giving than receiving. So it's really hard for me to accept, I guess help sometimes there's resistance or recognize when I'm floundering, right. So I'm, I'm always more interested in hearing how other people are doing my friends know when I'm not doing well they check in and, you know, that's the great thing about my friends is they automatically know Like, oh, she's quiet or something's going on or, but you know, sometimes it's just talking like we are today, I need that human interaction. And so yeah, or you know, just going for coffee with one a friend or I'm really big on relationships and relationships. For me I have a lot of value. And I value the relationships I have. So to me maintenance is a big thing.
So your relationships deeper than were surface.
My core group right now are quite deep. And you know, you weed out the bad ones as you go over the years and you know, they're that they're had their own agenda, whatever that looks like. You know, and the friends I have now I will have for life. And I go back quite a ways. My best friend Michelle, we've known each other since grade seven, while my other three girlfriends we've known each other since 20. These are the girls I hang out with today.
That's powerful. The stats I've read is every seven years, usually for the majority people, your friends turnover. Oh, so if you talk to the average person, their friends that current friends don't go back more than seven years. It's very rare to have someone going back more than that.
Wow, I didn't see I did not know that.
Yeah, so they're very treasured, very treasured,
They are and you know, like, I've been so fortunate. And then I've had some new people come into my life that have really been the cherry on the top two, and that we've just connected from the moment we opened our mouths, you know, when you get that instant connection, there's nothing better than that. And then there's, there's been a male friend of mine that's been in my life for 30 years. And him and I have have a very deep soul connection, and we check on one another all the time.
So so when you go deep in your conversations, and this is what people recognize the difference between shallow and a depth Yes. What kind of conversations you have when you're going into it into a deep conversation when you're going beyond the surface of isn't the weather nice today and who's gonna win that game and politics and stuff?
Oh, well, we will talk about current events.
Yes, yeah. When you go down lower when you sit back and say, Okay, this is gonna be a bonding conversation.
Sure. I will talk about feelings and emotions and how we're truly feeling about the situations or scenarios, whether it's racism or, you know, COVID, or, you know, we talk about, they're the only people I would literally come out and say, what is happening in my life today, and they're the people that know, my background, my history, and I've never felt judged, right? And I can tell them most any anything in the world, and feel safe doing that.
That's a key thing. If you're gonna have a deep conversation, if you're gonna share that deeply. It's not something that comes out of a workshop, it's you've got to really feel that the people See the whole you understand this this sliver that you're struggling with? You want to express? Is that fair?
Oh, yeah, no, for sure I yeah, you have to be in a safe environment. I can't I couldn't speak my truth to every individual. Even my own siblings don't understand me. But that's where your friends come in. Right when your family quite isn't there for you. And I think we all struggle with our family threat, right. So yeah, you, I, it's important for me to speak my truth. And it's important for my friends to speak the truth to me. And if they're upset with me, we can see we're upset with one another and there'll be no hard feelings we get past it. Yeah. You know, my girlfriend that I've been friends with since grade seven. We've had maybe one argument in you know, since grade seven. So you know, and it was silly.
Yeah. Probably speaks to acceptance. Like, I find a lot of people I find are either from the social media things have gotten thin skin and they like to explode a casual comment, if you will. That seems sense.
that's accurate. I would say watching social media is like a ticking time bomb right now for a lot of people and you're just like, wow, like I think since since March, I've probably deleted so many people that I've just, you know, I don't know, they their mental health is definitely I would say, you know, at risk. Yeah. And, and I, you know, I don't know what to say I and then some people believe that it's really brought out our true selves. I don't know if I agree with that.
I don't. I think there's a sense of potshots safety. If you ask that I can make this thing kind of anonymously. Even if my name's there. I can kind of make this shot. And if I stir up the pot enough, and sometimes I'm looking for a reaction, I don't mean sometimes it Usually there's an agenda someone is trying to has read a book, like he can almost spot when a book has come out and say these things, do these things and you'll get more traffic. Yes, yeah. And so you can see the different agendas of people trying to ramp up their reviews. And it's, it's, um, it always has kind of puzzled me
So, yeah, yes, I did have one explosive conversation with a girlfriend where she just immediately started yelling at me because she felt she wasn't being heard. And, and I set her up. I hear you. The thing is, is I don't have the same values as you so either you can respect that. Or, like, again, agree to disagree. Yeah. Or I guess I don't know where our friendship will lie at the end of this. Yeah. You know, because I'm hearing what people are saying and I and I get people are scared right now. And a lot of it is coming from a place of fear. And people are running on fear right now.
They are .this a lot. I guess, for me, I have such a sanctuary here. Yeah, clients come into my studio, we've got a project her body speaks, and we'll have just a whole bunch of women. And it's just a very, very safe space. And so I get, I don't see as much turmoil as a lot of people that are very fortunate that way.
That's a great project to work on. Right.
So it's kind of cool. It's been it's been fun.
That's excellent.
And the modeling that you work with now, Mm hmm. What type of modeling Do you do that appeals to you?
Uh, you know, just print. You know, I? I don't know I'm more of a glamour girl. Right? So your ad is still there. It's still there.
Right? I've got to share this listeners. She walked in today and it's neon green boots and skirt and it's the light to see it was this one.
That's my personality. Right. If it works well.
It's it's consistent. It's just it's wonderfully frame but I just had to share that that was good. Thanks. So you're looking for volume that's the spark fun. The bounce of the of the pretty serious work that you do. And then this is kind of frivolous. Probably a bad term but but it's it's playful. This is where you get to play in and just blow off steam that gives you balance.
Yeah, it gives me balance and you know I love the way some social media has gone with women that are aging now in terms of it's acceptable all body sizes are acceptable. Women aging now are not discounted. So I always like to one of my big things is gender or age will not define me. So I'll keep modeling as long as I can. And have fun with it.
You know, there's I came across a modeling agency in Russia and they will not hire a model under 65 years old. Fabulous. It's and they're pretty amazing people. Their their looks are stunning. They're sought after by yeah Trying to embrace the older models. So they finally dawned on the some of the marketers that women in their 50s who want to spend really good money will not be enticed by a young girl and in the things they want to buy, they just, they just like, that's not they don't relate to that. So they're going for we need a woman of appropriate age. Look for,
right. And so, I love local designer Kate hyukoh. Okay, who I have done some runway shows for modeled summer her product. She got her mindset, and that's her belief. So you'll see her Instagram account is all older models, because that is buying her product. Yes, right. It's not the 20 year olds. So why not have the women actually wear the clothes, model clothes.
yes that makes so much sense, It's really clever. So what would be an inspirational quote for you? What's up on your wall?
What's up on my wall? You know, I don't know this sounds kind of cheesy, but do onto others the same they woudl do on to you I'd be would be I kind of guessed that would it be? Yeah. What's your take? Yeah. So, um, you know, there's nothing I can think of this video right now in my head, but you know I am I practice some of the Buddhist faith in my life. So I'll go to the temple and meditate and but you know, just really practicing kindness and compassion every day. You know, I'm aware of that. Yeah. And and just trying to understand. I'm I, you know, I, I talked about understanding. I, like I said this 30 year relationship with this male friend of mine. I'm always seeking to understand him. And I don't yet I don't but I'm remaining curious and hopeful. And I it's just interesting to me people. I think it's hard to say oh, I understand that person. Yes. Because we're fluid. Yes.
So from day to day. Something's happened in my life and their life. Yeah, that has changed them. Mm hmm. And so now they're not the same person as they were 24 hours a year ago, two years ago. That's right. And I've also noticed that people don't want to let that go. Like, they'll dig back to some obscure post that somebody made 15 years ago, and then they'll beat them up with it. And don't you think I've moved beyond that? You know, they don't make allowances for that sometimes.
Yeah. Yeah, no, I, you know, I just, I just keep that curiosity, keeping curiosity and wanting to understand dead, you know, and I just tried to stay humble and grateful.
Well, those are powerful, powerful trays for you to work with. Mm hmm. Really, really well, well, they've served me well and certainly I've done well and in all my careers, just for the fact that I have been open and you know, flexible and, you know, eager, eager to learn and sounds like you'd say that you recognize an oppertunity And take advantage of advantage is the wrong term. You stepped into opportunity.
I do I do. So I'll give you an example from a shoot I did, which was for my friend that has a jewel jewelry store 100 year old jewelry store in Hamilton. Okay. So some of my friends saw some of the photos from that shoot, and then I was offered another job because of that shoot, and then another person wanted to use one of the photos and then I'm in other worlds and other opportunities. So that's why I'm like, and I never say no. My mum passed away in 2008. A few weeks before her birthday. She was Miss Montreal. She was cut by this honestly so to speak. She is Miss Montreal and she's young. I don't know the age unfortunately. But I tried to celebrate her birthday every year in June by stepping out of my box. Okay. So the first year she passed I entered Mrs. Calgary pageant Just because she used to be a pageant queen. And I entered just and it was in June they're hosting in June Patti Faulkner How did in June right. And I thought I wanted to go and give a speech about organ donation. So I went and I had everyone knows in tears I gave a speech but that was a big moment for me and and talking about my mom and impacted my mom and I was so adamantly against organ donation when my mom first told me she wanted organs donated because I wanted to keep her whole right. Just wanted to keep her whole and then, you know, when she passed, it was the most peaceful passing. And I went to the window and I opened the window and I felt like her spirit left. And to me death isn't scary anymore. And so that was a pivotal moment for me because so now every June I step out of my box, whether it's bungee jumping in and IMO right off the bridge or skydiving in Arizona, and Beauty Pageant you know in honor of her that's what I try and do every June unfortunately this June there's nothing really given COVID other than maybe not wearing mascara Right?
that's risky in a dangerous way.
I understand you're saying there I just came across an article a lady on our hundred and second birthday. Did parachute on a plane skydiving nice. And she she goes up with her Walker and her backpack on the plane. And then she when they leave, they give her her Walker and she's leaving this thing and it's just it was so surreal. Yeah, but that's a lifetime of passion, a lifetime of stepping out thing
it is and um, you know, I rarely say no to an opportunity unless it's something totally against my values. And I'll say no, but I really say no, and it's I've lived my life like that. And I've taken my friends on some crazy adventures. Yes, you would. Yeah.
Can I can really see that. So is there any resources that people could consider looking at to give to get as good themselves in a similar path that you've been on?
Oh my gosh. I think people have their own defining moments. Whatever that looks like, for me, it was domestic violence. I think the community outreach team at YWCA is an amazing team. They'll meet women out in the public in a coffee shop, and just talk to them and see where they're at. Are they ready to leave? Are they not ready to leave? Let's safety plan, whatever that looks like. Right? So target women's emergency shelter also has an outreach program that meets women in the community because usually it takes women eight to 11 times before they'll leave an abusive relation really, I had no idea. Yes, and for whatever reason, economically, whatever reason, they want to stay. So they may I think it's an amazing program. I'm at both organizations, so they do a really good job. They have a 24 hour crisis line woman can reach out to and talk to you and get some resources. There is court support out there for women that are fleeing an abusive relationship. They do have someone supporting you in your application right at the courthouse. Um, yeah, there's so many good resources in Calgary. You know, it's an issue that obviously I'm passionate about, but there's so many great resources in Calgary. Yeah, it's we've been count. There's been a lot of our clients. I've know some got a thread of that force and, and it's always sad for me to see but I like to see their voice stepping up the same time. It's kind of getting it out there. Mm hmm.
So what's your biggest piece of sunshine? We're gonna end on that. What What is your biggest piece of sunshine is when you got up this week, and you go, this is why this is a good week. Oh my gosh. I've been training all week. Okay, then next week or last week.
You know, I'm honored every time someone tells me their narrative. Right? And so for me, I that makes my day so much sharing a piece of themselves with me, because they trust me.
I can see that would that would be a highlight. Yes, that's a big step up. So that would make it for me. Thank you for your time today. been really a great conversation. It's been interesting. I never know where these are gonna go jello was not what I was expecting. But
Yeah but neither did I, I knew it was going to come in this interview, it could have gone one of two ways. ways
yeah, that's great. So this has been Mark Laurie with Laurie and sokola from fascinating women. Check her podcast we'd love it if you would become a subscriber and listen to us all the time. We have very diverse show women check into her body speaks as well. Her body speaks.ca not some other project run that gives voice to women. And this is Mark Laurie from inner spirit photography and fascinating women saying thank you for joining us. Bye now.
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Well, I haven't made it to WM once since that post! Lol!
I did manage to score a nice cast iron full sized pan tho... Someday.
That's what I thought. I'll have to wake up early and hit it before the crowds show up.
Hrmm... the only thing I don't like is the "made in China", only because I am familiar with the grades of metal and other stuff they put out (junk).
Nope, not to many garage sales this time of the year. We have a few of those salvation Army stores in town and a good will place. That would be a good place to check I bet!
Looks like a beauty Dug!
Did you buy a set of plans or just make your own?
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I want to stock up on my cast iron pans when I find some good thick ones.
I really hit it out of the park with this recipe, everyone loved it.
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At 85 pounds I doubt anyone would want to mess with Bear and Dexter!