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Sunday morning I usually grab a coffee and take time to catch-up on some stories I may not have had time to read throughout the week. I thought you might enjoy them with your Sunday morning coffee as well. Dal study finds support for reduced plastics in Atlantic Canada’s food industry People in Atlantic Canada are …
I hope, dear readers, you grow not weary of my market stories. Farmers’ markets have become such a part of my world , they are slices of life, of drama and of humanity. The dreadful frost last June, as an example, kicked the stuffing out of many of our farmers, wineries and Christmas tree growers. Successful, …
I meet loads of people selling at the various farmers’ markets; fellow vendors, their children, customers , friends and as my Mum calls them – the tire kickers. That last group will ask you a ton of questions, the provenance of your butter, the organicness of your spelt flour and what time you start in the …
Sunday morning I usually grab a coffee and take time to catch-up on some stories I may not have had time to read throughout the week. I thought you might enjoy them with your Sunday morning coffee as well. Finding Frenchy’s, a journey to the heart of the second-hand phenomenon As an avid Frenchy’s shopper, I …
Sunday morning I usually grab a coffee and take time to catch-up on some stories I may not have had time to read throughout the week. I thought you might enjoy them with your Sunday morning coffee as well. High note hit at Lunenburg Queens Business Excellence Awards Congratulations to all the nominees and winners at …
The other week I was generously invited to give a little talk about our business at the Art Centre in Chester. Julien’s Bakery is celebrating or bemoaning – depending on the day, its thirtieth year in business this spring. What surprised me was not the number of folks who must lead desperately boring lives, willing to …
Sunday morning I usually grab a coffee and take time to catch-up on some stories I may not have had time to read throughout the week. I thought you might enjoy them with your Sunday morning coffee as well. More international students choosing to stay in N.S. after studies This is good news. The fact that …
What a tremendous response we had to Laura Mulrooney’s new series on Simple Local Life! If you missed chapter one of Bread is Life, be sure to check it out here. Go grab a cup of tea…and maybe a croissant…and enjoy chapter two. Don’t be Fooled The rural- urban ‘issue’ is talked about a lot these days. …
Sunday morning I usually grab a coffee and take time to catch-up on some stories I may not have had time to read throughout the week. I thought you might enjoy them with your Sunday morning coffee as well. 2018 FAVORITES Thanks to the power of Instagram and CBC naming him one of “One of Canada’s …
Ok…I’m not sure if I should say that I have manifested this, or just finally decided, that I was going to get Laura Mulrooney to write a column for Simple Local Life. Laura writes beautiful and eloquent stories on her personal Facebook page, often on Sunday mornings. I have shared many of them on my …