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Charles Pachter: Artist, Author, and Cottager

Last night I attended the launch of artist Charles Pachter’s sec­ond children’s book, Canada Counts (Cor­morant Books). The fol­lowup to his alpha­bet book M is for Moose (which you’ll recall we fea­tured in our June 2009 moose decor story), this count­ing book is full of  cot­tage coun­try imagery such as canoes, loons, and corn on the cob. […]

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Bookmarks: Alabama Stitch Book

My sis­ter turned me on to Alabama Chanin. Steeped in Deep South mythol­ogy, the com­pany makes pretty, hand-​​​​sewn, quilted and beaded cloth­ing and home acces­sories, pri­mar­ily made with recy­cled cot­ton jer­sey. There’s some­thing roman­tic and rus­tic about the designs, which often fea­ture frayed edges and visible knots.

When I got my hands on a copy of Alabama Stitch Book […]

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Bookmark: GreenCricket.ca

It’s get­ting eas­ier and eas­ier to find green prod­ucts, from house clean­ers to sham­poos and soaps to pet sup­plies. Among the retail­ers offer­ing eco-​​​​conscious buy­ing choices is Toronto-​​​​based e-​​​​tailer Green Cricket.

Find items like biodegrad­able dog waste bags, water fil­ters, stain­less steel water bot­tles, and insect repel­lent. Well-​​​​known brands include EcoEthic, Kiss My Face, Bambu, and […]

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