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10 Books You Need to Go Back and Read NOW

by Glynis Ratcliffe

Image source: BNW Movie Production It feels, increasingly, as though we’re living in a time that will go down in the history books as the defining moment of the century. Regardless of where you currently live, there are challenges we couldn’t imagine we would face, back when we were studying history and reading classic literature …

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Transforming Myself With Orangetheory Fitness

by Glynis Ratcliffe

When I first started working out at Orangetheory Fitness in Whitby, I anticipated big changes to take place, physically. I used to be pretty fit, but I’ve been getting more and more out of shape since popping out baby number two, more than two years ago. I figured it would be a reasonably straightforward process; …

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The Art of the Smoothie Bowl

by Candace Sampson

My girls are Instagram/Pinterest/YouTube addicts. You know, normal teens. So when they came to me with the latest food craze “we just like totally had to try,” I almost burst out laughing. What was this life-altering dish? Wait for it. A smoothie bowl.  Me: Isn’t that just a smoothie in a bowl, instead of a …

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Chocolate Chip Cookies with Coconut Sugar, A New Twist on a Classic Recipe

by Candace Sampson

One of the very first recipes I wrote down as a young cook was this Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe, painstakingly copied from an Aunt’s handwritten copy.  For a long time it was the ONLY recipe I would use but like everything in life, it eventually needed a makeover. Enter my new and IMPROVED Chocolate Chip …

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An Action Plan for Living in a Trumped-Up World

by Katja Wulfers

On the day the now-president of the United States refused a question from a CNN reporter during a press conference, and labelled the outlet “fake news,” I was as outraged as millions in the US and around the world. Trump was setting a dangerous standard, one which journalists were already familiar with in Russia and …

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Fun Weekend Project: Vintage Charging Station for Electronics

by Life In Pleasantville

Tell me if this sounds like a familiar scene at your house:   Yelling, “WHERE’S MY PHONE?” at least once per day.   Spending five minutes of your life you’ll never get back untangling power cords.   Searching every dusty corner and under couch cushions for the right charger for your phone. Damn you, manufacturers.   Vowing …

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Universal Studios Packs in All the Adventure You Can Handle

by Nicole MacPherson

We all have that friend, don’t we? That one friend who is a daredevil, a thrill-seeker. She’s the one who eagerly signs up to skydive, who ice-climbs in the winter, and goes bouldering in the summer. She cajoles you into taking belly dance lessons and pressures you to come hang-gliding with her. She’s the only …

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Getting Healthy on a Budget Can Be Done

by Candace Sampson

Oops! I did it again. I’ve eaten my weight in shortbread cookies and blew the budget on Christmas shopping; which means this January, I am literally and figuratively tightening my belt – that is if I can find my belt underneath my new holiday padding. Getting healthy in January doesn’t have to cost a fortune, …

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