Author Archives: Heather

Possible Changes at The Pond

Posted on May 21, 2008 by Heather

I’m sure that my few remaining readers have noticed that there haven’t been many posts on Reflections in the Pond lately. And those posts that have appeared don’t really fit my previous theme of my spiritual journey. Honestly, it is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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DMC Not Safe… Maybe

Posted on May 10, 2008 by Heather

So, contrary to my last post (DMC Safe), DMC’s French mother company has gone into receivership. The needlework division been placed under the administration of two Recovery Administrators, and have been given a six month probation period to see how … Continue reading →

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DMC Safe

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Heather

For the past week or so, the needlework world has been in a bit of a tizzy. Through partially translated newspaper reports and press releases, we learned that DMC Corp. in France was declaring bankruptcy. This, naturally, lead to much … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Drinking in Cancer with His Milk

Posted on April 19, 2008 by Heather

Health Canada has finally announced that they are going to ban baby bottles that contain bisphenol A. (Government of Canada Takes Action on Another Chemical of Concern: Bisphenol A) We have been using Avent bottles for Baby C, and, of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Protesting the Olympics

Posted on April 14, 2008 by Heather

Although I don’t often talk about politics on my blog, I thought that I would share some of what I am feeling about the recent protests against China that have been plaguing the Olympic Torch relay. During the ancient Olympics, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Earth Hour and the End of the World

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Heather

Earth Hour has come and gone, and it was a success… sort of. Here at the Pond, we enjoyed an hour of darkness sans TV and computers. (quanta cheated and surfed the Internet for a little while on his Blackberry. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Earth Hour 2008

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Heather

Keeping with yesterday’s green theme, I thought that today I would write a little bit about Earth Hour. On March 29th at 8pm local time, everyone around the world has been asked to turn off their lights and other unnecessary … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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