Month: January 2013
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After two heavy, rather personal posts (on traveling and death), I decided that this week’s piece would cover a lighter subject: everyday moments of joy. Louise Hung wrote a fun piece for xojane.com, titled Is happy really that simple? 10 tiny things that make me ecstatic. This inspired me to make my own list of…
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In life, there are a few moments that prove to be crucial in forming you as a person. A trip to France in the summer of 2006, was one of mine. I was still slowly coming out of a long depression that even lead me to require homeschooling for my last year of high school.…
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For my latest post, I’ve decided to write about something very personal and important for me that I had yet to share on here. A few days ago marked the one year anniversary since my father passed away, after a long bought with cancer. I won’t get into details about how it’s affected me because…
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I wrote another article for Untapped Cities: Downtown Montreal: the lavish mansions of the Golden Square Mile. (Click the link to read the full article) It’s about how the former homes of the city’s late 19th century bourgeoisie, located in downtown Montreal, are being used today. Here are some more photos of the area that…
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It’s already been 4 months since we’ve been back from our trip to Japan and it occurred to me that I never came around to posting more pictures. After our time in the crazy metropolis of Tokyo, we headed to a much more peaceful place in Japan: Kyoto. We stayed in the city of 2000…
A storytelling home by Léa Plourde-Archer 