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All things Thanksgiving

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What comes to mind with ‘Thanksgiving’?Gratitude, Family, Pumpkin, Turkey, Bread, Apple Pie, Blessings, Greetings, Home, Cooking, Gathering, Seasons, Leaves… Unsettling times appreciate all the above even more. I am so thankful for people who care about me, support me in what I do and share my values. Pumpkin Year was 2016, Toronto west end. Note […]

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Fructifying Fall

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Staying well in the Fall is fairly easy: hopefully we had a vacation one way or another, we bathed in sun and Nature, we have an abundance of fruits and vegetables in season, and we use essential oils in daily life. If you sense a ‘but’ following all that, there isn’t one. Inculpating others for […]

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Sanguine in change

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Should you be? And what does it even mean? Sanguine is an adjective, meaning optimistic or positive in face of difficulties. Change of season, change of climate, job, financial and physical stability, we are facing so many changes these days that not coping with them in a predetermined way may just pull the proverbial rug […]

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Overreacting

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It’s not about finishing anything! Say what?? What do you mean? How can I achieve anything if I don’t finish it? This is not controversial. How many times we set goals, make vision boards and mood boards, just to abandon them when things don’t work out as expected and we don’t know how to get […]

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Eagle eyes

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Can you imagine a world where people could actually improve their own eyesight? Are you looking through your glasses? It’s good at first, but did you notice that with years going by, we need stronger glass, and even then things become blurry. Age related? Not as much as we may think. Daily habits and foods […]

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Don’t despair about hair

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A big part of our personality expression, unique or common, we love our hair. Yet we understand quite little how to get gorgeous hair, how to maintain it and what a great affliction is its loss.Many conditions can affect our hair’s normal growth. Most known are stress, pregnancy/postpartum, menopause, thyroid and autoimmune diseases, anemia, environmental, […]

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Who employs a sheep?

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In 2020 we got surprised and unsettled. In 2021 companies depending on human labour and obliged to comply with health authorities, had to get innovative to survive. The weeding sheep emerged on sizeable organic farms. “See the little white blobs in the picture above? It is the sheep in the lavender fields at our farm […]

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Making the best of the rest of Summer

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Who knows how much Summer is left! Maybe a month or month and a half before heating season starts again. Using the best what Summer has to offer: farms, farmer’s markets, short trips to region’s beaches, falls and attractions or spending time in the garden and city parks, all contribute positively to building immunity for […]

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Down the memory line…

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For Lou This trip, my friend, was long planned However it wasn’t to be. The memory lane voyage became a tribute to Lou and his mesmerizing volcanic island of São Miguel in Azores. Seeing someone’s origins gives us a new perspective on what’s possible, on richness of our humanity and struggles we have not known. I […]