Category: nature & landmarks

• the places that make you

  

  I have been on a pendulum for the past six months. On one side, there is Montréal, the place I call home. On the other side, there has been a steady rotation of other places that, one way or another, have made their way into my life over the course of the past 40 years.…

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  Johanne Provençal

  2 Jun 2023

  all, everyday life, nature & landmarks, neighbourhoods, research and academics

  British Columbia, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, place identity, Toronto

• green. house. greenhouse.

  

  No matter where you are on the spectrum of feelings about the weather in Canada (or beyond) during the cooler months of the year, find yourself a greenhouse, if you can. As you may know, a growing body of research shows that a little of that green — 120 minutes per week, according to this…

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  Johanne Provençal

  22 Apr 2023

  all, everyday life, nature & landmarks

  Earth day, gardens, Montreal

• familiar light

  

  More than one million people in Québec (primarily in and around Montréal) have had a power outage this week. No hydro at my place means no lights, no heat, no hot water. I was out of town when the power went off. The first 24 hours passed. Goodbye to the perishables in the fridge and…

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  Johanne Provençal

  9 Apr 2023

  all, everyday life, nature & landmarks

  Montreal, power outage