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  • green with ivy

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    Photo submission from our friend Deborah?áOstrovsky. If you have a photo that you wish to contribute to our “craving green” theme this month, please send your submission to our facebook page.

  • making things better

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    Nigella Lawson is a woman who knows food, and she’s not afraid to show her love for it. ?áIn the last few weeks I have discovered a great recipe from her latest cookbook called Kitchen. ?áBeyond being tasty, this recipe has made my life much less complicated. It is her mother’s Praised chicken. ?áIn the…

  • craving green

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    March! ?áIt is nearing the end of winter, and we are like animals in the forest; all we want to see, taste and smell… is a little green. Beyond all the St.Paddy’s Day kitsch, green is plant-life, green is a beautiful colour, green means there is life. Let’s see?ásome green?áhere, in your photo submissions! If…

  • Canadian Women Artists

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    There are some Canadian women artists whom I personally adore. Over the years they have proven to be an inspiration to me for my painting. These women are: Joanne Tod, Landon MacKenzie, Sandra Meigs,?áGathie Falk, and to a lesser degree Mary Pratt and Emily Carr. However, when recently asked to give a presentation about art…

  • DF+EF; we’ve done our homework here!

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    Welcome to the world of?áDe Farine et D’Eau Fra?«che! DF+EF is a dreamy new p?ótisserie on Amherst that has the perfect combination of creativity and expertise. They have just opened and they are sure to be a huge success. ?áDF+EF is near Robin, right across the street from the community centre Ste-Catherine d’Alexandre which is…

  • Women Artists… we should all know more about this

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    When you look at the History of Art, you might wonder why there aren’t as many women in the books as there are men. Why is it that the grand, romantic notion of the solo artist, imparting brilliance and genius upon the sorry masses, is?áalways associated with a male figure??áWho says that this is really…

  • DIY idea: developing real photos!

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    A couple weeks ago, an acquaintance pulled out a glossy long landscape photo of exquisite mushrooms. ?áWhile looking at these giant puffballs, I realized that these photos are now a very rare thing. ?áThe world has gone digital; we are able to see images on screens more often than images on paper. ?áSometimes I wonder…

  • March!

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    A friend of mine remarked to me a couple of months ago that Arcade Fire’s music is very marchy. ?áSometimes when I am listening to them on my Ipod, I test this comment and try to march a little. ?áUnfortunately, I can usually march along to their music. ?áThis does not really matter to me.…

  • DIY blossoms and oatmeal tub tea

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    I just watched The Story of Cosmetics (2010). ?áIt reminded me of why I went down this road called herbalism. ?áI kept seeing myself and others buying into the hype on labels, and this hype had little or nothing to do with the?ácontents. For example, we all know a successful company based on oatmeal (Avena…

  • hot chocolate, my way

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    Over the years I have learned that the amount of sugar we eat in North America is not normal, nor is it helping us.?á To change this and scale back on the sweet stuff will require a good amount of determination and some experimentation. Gary Taubes states in his book, Good Calories Bad Calories, that…

  • kick it up a bit in the winter and feel better

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    A few years ago, I decided to kick up my workouts during the winter so that I would feel great during that dark season. ?áAnd guess what? It worked! My moods were great with the addition of a magic ingredient called exercise.?á For about an hour each day, I worked out in classes that I…

  • summer memories

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    Tammy Schmidt, Montreal