Falling Together
Mary Rose explores how we fight so hard for the right to carry our baggage. Clinging like lost and lonely children to emotions from the past; clinging so hard out of fear of who we would have to be without it.
Urban Solace in the Neighborhood Corner Store
That Kind of Girl takes a fascinating and fresh look at the bastion of every neighbourhood worth its salt — the convenience store, home of the five-dollar loaf of bread, and rows of salty junk food peppered with plastic bins of limp produce, all offered at a gentle 300% mark-up.
How to Renovate Your House (and Still Remain Married)
In this introduction to his mini-series, author Terry Hume relives some highs and lows of a recent home renovation project and imparts some wisdom to couples on how to stay married when your home is being torn apart.
Every Picture Tells a Story
I took another few steps closer so I could read the inscription. “Some people dream of angels,” it said. “We held one in our arms.” Then I noticed the dates: January 20, 1999 to April 1, 1999.
Swamped: When Death Comes Too Close for Comfort
Two men. An overturned canoe. Frigid water. George Burden shares a story of drama and human endurance taxed to the limit.
Leaving the Dishes
A mother discovered that sometimes you have to throw all caution and perfectionism to the wind and head out to the fair. The dishes, as they say, aren’t going anywhere.
The Little Gift
Finding the right use for “that little gift” is best left to procrastinators.
The House Call
A doctor philosophizes a little on his way to a house call to Mrs. Cambden’s trailer which he’s been visiting for almost 19 years, ever since he was a fledgling doc, just starting practice in rural Nova Scotia.
All Collies Great and Small
Love me, love my dog Lassie. Julia McLean offers a hilarious and inspiring look at life with Border Collies.
Needle and Thread
The art of mending is becoming lost, as Susie Ivory discovers when she first shows a needle and thread to a bunch of preschoolers. But when the art of mending is lost, what other life essentials are lost with it?
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