The past couple of weeks have been buzzing at Figg Street Co. Customers have been filled with June energy: a busy feeling of activity created by the long sunlit days,...

In my first year of university, I met a wonderful woman who arrived from Italy just a month and a half before the school year commenced. She wanted to learn...

How do you celebrate Father's Day? Do you have an annual ritual, or do you do something different every year? Any new dads in your social circle?  We know many...

So much of what is presented to us on a daily basis - in the news, online, in movies and series - feed us thoughts and ideas stemming from fear....

One of the things I love about the stationery and gifts business is discovering items that elevate the ordinary to the extraordinary. Seeing, touching, and using small tools, supplies and...

Tuesday's Tonic is a having a bit of a variations-on-a-theme moment of late. Regal purple and royalty led me to think of queen bees and how purple plants attract pollinators....

The Victoria Day long weekend is coming up, in honour of Queen Victoria. Canada is also hosting King Charles III and Queen Camilla at the end of the month. If...

This Sunday is Mother's Day! Since I'm not a mother myself, I thought it would be fun to interview someone close to me who is: my little sister, Jackie!  Jackie...

Each spring, as the little bulbs break through the soil and bloom, one colour you're bound to see is purple! From crocuses to tulips and lilacs to rhododendrons, you'll be...

Today, April 22nd, is World Earth Day. When it comes to our precious planet, there are so many aspects that merit attention: water, sky, and soil. There are processes and...

Today is April the 15th, World Art Day! It's also the birthday of Leonardo da Vinci, which isn't a coincidence.  World Art Day was created a few years ago, the...

Easter is only a couple of weeks away now, and I have to say, it's one of those holidays that can make me feel nostalgic. Perhaps you can relate to...