Handmade

On Making

David and I had a meandering chat this morning over breakfast that concluded with this fact about me: I am not a fan of small talk, but I absolutely want to hear about the scary thing that is on your mind and keeping you up at night, how you will manage it and whether you…

I’m a complete nerd when it comes to “handmade” anything, whether it’s a ceramic pomegranate made in Jerusalem, or a table cloth with lace accents made in Italy, or a cotton scarf dyed and sewn in Toronto. I am so easily charmed by anything that is not mass-produced of cheap materials and shoddy workmanship. In Nunavut,…