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Support Local Arts: Bring Beauty to Your World
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Support Local Arts: Bring Beauty to Your World

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by on Apr 14, 2014 in Art & Architecture, Featured
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In the small Canadian prairie town where I grew up there is an arts centre named after my mother. The Eleanor Pickup Arts Centre is dedicated to the performing arts.  At center-stage sits a grand piano like a tribute to her. My mother taught piano for 60 years. Even at the age of 93 years, […]

Summer Camp: Exploring New Passions
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Summer Camp: Exploring New Passions

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by on Jun 28, 2013 in Featured, Parenting
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At some point between the ages of 5 and 12 most children find a passion.  It may be a vocational kind of passion like an animal-lover on the path to veterinary medicine, or an avocation like a softball player who one day applies that determination to passing the Bar Exam.  At this tender age, it’s […]