Laura Churchill Duke
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 23
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- Sep 29, 2026
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MEET THE MAKER: Playing and creating helps inspire Yarmouth artist (opens the original)
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Elsie Gray of Yarmouth, N.S., says her goal is to find joy in simple pleasures — and she has found a way to do this through painting. Gray primarily creates watercolour paintings, although she sometimes does pastel and acrylic paintings, too. As for the subject matter? She says it is mostly landscapes, florals, and whimsical things. She has, however, always been hesitant with straight lines. Her inspiration for her art, she says comes from nature and colour. Sometimes the colour is so odd or sha
How to improve your public speaking skills: The dos and don'ts before you present (opens the original)
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The fear of public speaking is real — it’s right up there with the fear of death, heights and spiders. And although you may never learn to love public speaking, there are some strategies that can help you get through it. Gaylene Nicholson knows all about this, as she is well versed in public speaking. Besides teaching fitness classes three times a week and being a licensed marriage officiant, she teaches communications with the Applied Sciences and Computer Studies Department at Holland College
How moms can reinvent themselves as they become empty nesters (opens the original)
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One day you are at the grocery store with a newborn and an older woman tells you to enjoy every moment because they will be grown up in a blink of an eye. Dropping your final child off to college or university and going home to an empty house can be unbearable — especially at first. When you have spent the last chunk of your life as a mom, and making decisions about and around your kids’ life, it can often be difficult and disorienting when you are now in an empty nest. Although it is challengin
MEET THE MAKERS: How a N.S. hog farmer launched a line of specialty soaps and lotions (opens the original)
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Instead of it being a planned-out business, Nathan Pitman’s enterprise ended up being the byproduct of a perfect storm. Now, six years later, this perfect storm is called the Mt. Thom Soap Company. Based in Mt. Thom, Pictou County, Pitman is the producer of high-end bath and body products using superior ingredients that have amazing benefits for the skin. Out of everything they make, Pitman says hand lotions, especially the Scotian Sunset Hand Lotion, have become a very big seller for them, with
MEET THE MAKERS: Kentville woman's creativity helping businesses with design (opens the original)
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If you want to know what Dayna Barley-Cohrs does, it’s simple: she draws stuff. She actually does a lot more than that, but that is the name she goes by. Barley-Cohrs, who lives in Kentville, N.S., is a freelance illustrator and designer who creates a wide variety of projects, including illustrated headshots and portraits, character art, murals, branding and design, as well as creative direction work. Most of her work focuses on creating portraits and character illustrations, traditionally worki
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