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Leek and Blue Cheese Bruschetta Toasts

I’ve been wanting to learn how to make more new savoury vegetarian foods, and I’ve started with a challenge to myself to make two new recipes each week. So far it’s been working out really well, and it has been a great reason to get home from the studio on time – which is a skill that I’m usually lacking in. Last […]

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Festival Weekend

There are some traditions from your childhood that are really hard to share with new friends later in life. When you try to conjure them back into reality it just isn’t quite the same. I’ve been going to the Winnipeg Folk Festival since I was born but I stopped going when I was an older teenager. It’s a giant outdoor music festival in the […]

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Market Weekend + Standing Out From The Crowd

This weekend I made my first trip to the big farmers market in our city. Last year I made buying local, early on Saturday mornings (followed up by an afternoon nap) into a summer ritual- I would roll out of bed, put on a hat, grab coffee and wake up on the way to the market while Jesse drove. I’ve […]

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A Family of Bandits

A few weeks ago, I realized that new neighbours have moved in up the street. I was walking the dogs with Jesse as the sun was beginning to set, and as we crossed the street onto our block I looked up to find a racoon had locked eyes with me. He was on the roof of a house, next to […]

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