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Jackie Besteman
Jackie was raised in South Africa and Holland and settled in Toronto with her family after high school. After graduating from Ontario College of Art and Design, she started making her colourful...
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Good Bones
Byline: Dawn Downey “Get her some flowers for Mother’s Day. Purple iris.” Wendy called out a final instruction from her front porch. She was a psychic. She read Tarot cards, threw the I Ching and...
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The Rocker
Byline: Carolyn Dow My father and I were on a rare visit to see his Aunt Jesse, who still lived in his childhood home on the eastern border of New York. It was 1944, and I was six years old. Just as...
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Windfalls
Byline: Stacy Appel A few nights ago I was lucky enough to attend a concert of Persian classical music. Unlike concert-goers at a folk or jazz performance, this audience sat entirely still in the...
View ArticleThe Serendipity Issue - October 2013
Publication Date: 2013-10Byline: Nikki Hardin, Publisher In 1985, I was down on my luck and backed into a tight corner. A relationship of seven years had ended with a thud in a cliché. My big job in...
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Grace Notes
Byline: Stacy Appel Few of my Thanksgivings as a grown woman have been spent with immediate family. My parents are long gone and my brother lives in a different part of the country, so over the years...
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Out Of The Box
Byline: Lorrie Goldin My daughter Ally says I’m a hoarder. She may have a point. As I search the cupboards for a spanakopita recipe gone missing, hundreds of loose clippings cascade to the...
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Cupid's at it again!
Byline: Betsy Cribb This year, be your own Valentine! Love yourself, and you will shine. Smart Girl shows you how to spread the love.read more
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