Gallery: 2013 December ice storm
Merry Christmas, everyone. Click on the image above for a small gallery of four images taken in the aftermath of the Dec. 22…
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Winter Solstice 2013
Every year on the evening of Dec. 21, people gather in Toronto’s Kensington Market to celebrate Winter Solstice with a festival of fire…
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Great moments from 2013
We spend so much time dwelling on the bad things that happen, it is easy to miss the good. For the positivity experiment,…
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Update: Celiac Disease Foundation challenges link with GMOs
The Celiac Disease Foundation (CDF), based in Los Angeles, came out in an article on Food Navigator USA challenging a report I highlighted…
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A link between celiac disease and GMOs
A recent report from the Iowa-based Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT) presents evidence that genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) may trigger celiac disease and gluten-sensitivity….
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Lorraine Roy’s fabric art inspired this handspun hat
I made this hat for my friend, fabric artist Lorraine Roy, based on one of her works, “Tobermory sunset”. Her pieces are perhaps…
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November frost
On a walk through the conservation area behind our place at noon, Danny and I caught the frost just as the sun was…
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Handspinning outside the comfort zone
Red is outside my comfort zone. I created these skeins of handspun yarn over the past week. I have been working from photographs,…
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A pressed ash leaf
This summer I noticed some unexpected trees deep in the woods, high on a ridge near the cottage. Compound leaves like these are…
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Gallery: late fall colour in a suburban neighbourhood
Please click the image above to view a gallery of 13 images. The fall colour remains glorious. It is incredible to enjoy such…
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