Tag: Montreal
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Art Review: Eric Cardinal and Jocelyn Philibert at Galerie [sas]
Until March 5, 2011 Eric Cardinal presents Histoires?áimprobables and Jocelyn Philibert shows Dans la nuit at Galerie?á[sas]?áin the Belgo Building, at 372 St Catherine Street in Montreal. I was initially lured into this exhibition by a pencil on paper drawing that bore an?áorganic title and appearance. Fungus no. 2, upon further examination, proved to be…
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Herbal Creativity… Valentine’s Version
The first Herbal Creativity Spa Weekend workshop was held this last weekend. It was a thoroughly delicious, educational,?ácreative?áand fun experience. Participants learned to make?ásucculent herbal truffles, beautiful felted soaps, and pretty Boudoir Boxes. They enjoyed some herbal teas, made a bath tea, and tasted a?áHealthy Hot Chocolate. They made (and some dared to sample…) a?átrue…
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kick it up a bit in the winter and feel better
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…
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Easy Blueberry Pie. So Easy.
Last night I made a quick and easy adaptation of a classic blueberry pie. I was in an unusual and very fortunate situation:?áI had a bag of frozen blueberries, some flour, and eggs all on hand, all at the same time! I checked the cupboards for my usual supply of baking/cooking supplies… yes, I had?ásugar,…
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Sushi Rolled Felt Beads
As I mentioned the other week, I am in the midst of?áteaching a course on felt-making. To make the class interesting and varied,?áI’m including?áa range of options for forming loose wool into felt objects. This last week my students and?áI?áformed little “sushi rolls” out of wool. The beads that one makes in this technique end…
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A Brief Report: am running again after an injury
Several months ago I spent a couple of hours in the gym injuring myself. How did I injure myself? In between running on the track and doing some weights, I used a?ástubborn elliptical machine for?áhalf an hour, and then I used a stairmaster afterwards. The?áinflexible machinery, made for a certain?ábody with a particular stride and…
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Nuit Blanche. We’ll be there!
Exciting times are ahead; this February 26th from about 5pm to 9pm (thorough details will come later…) we (Tammy Schmidt, Clinical Herbal Therapist and Natasha Henderson, artist) will be participating in Nuit Blanche?áas part of the Montreal High-Lights Festival! Our objective: to paint in an unusual way, using nature within the city. We will be…
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A Teaching Benefit
One?áof the benefits of teaching to fully engaged students?áis the challenges that they?ápresent to?áyou. I am teaching a weekly course on felt-making; the first class for this new group was last week. All of the students were keen to learn, to do, to make. Outside of the enthusiasm that they brought to the class, they…
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Something is brewing for late February…
?á In late February we will be participating in a major event in Montreal! This is exciting; so exciting that I’d like to tell you all about it right NOW. However,?áthe rules of this event state that?ábefore a certain date we cannot?áadvertise our participation… in… whatever this is. There’s?áa big release date for all information…
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Steingraber exposes the links between the environment, industry and our health
Last night I viewed a compelling documentary called Living Downstream. ?áIt follows the American ecologist, poet and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber as she tours throughout North America educating people about the links between the environment, industry and health. ?áI found it was a great documentary because it was sensitive to the real issues that must…
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Photographing Home
A few years ago I needed to sell my little cute home. I took some photographs of it in renovated-state, just to remember how great it was. Unfortunately, my Real Estate Agent hadn’t taken such good shots. The only photo they?áhad taken?áwas a distant, exterior shot that just made my place look small and didn’t…
