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Qigong: Going with the Flow

Qigong involves repeating exercises – some very simple and others much more rigourous – meant to get chi flowing. Specific exercises affect different areas of the body, allowing a practitioner to focus on particular problems and self-heal.

Nov 16, 2012

The Kids’ Table

For a while, we renamed it “The Employed Table,” but the retirees didn’t think that was very funny.

Nov 16, 2012

All Decked Out

Two homes in the hills all decked out for the holiday season.

Nov 16, 2012

A Puzzling Conclusion: Winter 2012

Balancing imaginary eggs, Mr. Stuart, sidewalk chalk in Orangeville and an In The Hills Mini Mystery.

Nov 16, 2012

Letters – Our readers write: Autumn 2012

I thought In The Hills was just a magazine about B&Bs and real estate, but when I took a closer look, I really liked it and saw how passionate many people are about the issues in the area, especially environmental ones.

Sep 13, 2012

Whales, wheat and Wonderland

Alice’s True Adventure “There was never a March Hare, a Cheshire Cat, or a hookah-smoking caterpillar. The mushroom upon which the caterpillar sat, however, is real. The iconic Amanita muscaria,…

Sep 13, 2012

Kim Harcourt

Check out Kim’s work this fall on the North of 89 Studio Tour and at Holiday Treasures, Dufferin Country Museum.

Sep 13, 2012

Free Range Pig

I was hoeing the garden when Dillinger suddenly came around the henhouse, trotting along like he was on his way to the bank. He was sunburned and covered with dirt.

Sep 13, 2012

Our Favourite Picks for Autumn 2012

Our own highly selective “picks” of just some of the things that make life such a distinctive pleasure here in the hills.

Sep 13, 2012

Hockley Valley Coffee Roasters: In pursuit of the perfect cup

Tom Deans loves coffee so much, he decided to roast it himself!

Sep 13, 2012

The Perch

It is fair to say their discovery of a woman in the neighbourhood who traps raccoons, fixes floods, cleans the house and ploughs the driveway was also a revelation in its own way.

Sep 13, 2012

Dealing with a Nightmare: The 1947 Palgrave Fire

In the days before 
modern firefighting, 
nothing frightened 
a small community 
– or pulled it together 
more powerfully – 
than a major blaze. 
The 1947 Palgrave fire 
was one such case.

Sep 13, 2012