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Making Our Old House a Home

Making Our Old House a Home

As the winter of 2019 turned to the spring of 2020, our Old House and Ohspa team faced a reality that would shake ...

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One hundred days of silence

One hundred days of silence

What would possess anyone to commit to a silent meditation retreat—let alone one that lasts 100 days? Can you ...

On a three-month Buddhist retreat, Marie Maccagno travels beyond words and back again

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Remembering Billy Proctor

Remembering Billy Proctor

Billy Proctor wrote in Tide Rips and Back Eddies that a frequent question he heard from visitors to his museum at ...

Living in the real world

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The Hornby Island Free Store

The Hornby Island Free Store

Growing up with the Hornby free storeNow that I have a child of my own, I look back at the things that formed ...

Sharing the wealth

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