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Andrea's Custom Stuffed Animals

Andrea, my best friend from university, has recently combined her amazing sewing, quilting and designing talents with her entrepreneurial spirit and opened up her own Etsy arts shop called Artisan in the Woods. Andrea has created beautiful quilts and stylish handbags. I especially love Andrea’s adorable hand-made stuffed animals! She has designed a gray pig, [...]

Andrea's Artisan in the Woods

My best friend from university Andrea and I met the very first day of our university classes back in September 1997. We participated in the wonderful and life-changing Drama in Education program, a four-year multi-disciplinary education-focused Honours Bachelor of Arts degree. The program is offered at the University of Windsor, which was thankfully my home [...]

Jane Austen Lecture

I am visiting a friend in Pennsylvania for five weeks. We attended a Jane Austen lecture and “Costumes in Film” exhibit at the Allentown Museum of Art.

I am a primary teacher and my mother has taught high school English for forty years, so reading was always highly regarded in my childhood and has always been [...]