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LITTLE BALKANS CHRONICLES: The stories Kansas quilts tell J.T. Knoll Before I left for Chicago in 1973 to find a new life I could write home and describe, I had the good sense to spend a night and day with Grandma Ada Fowler in Arcadia. The most memorable part of my visit is, to this day, when she gathered her sewing basket and I drove her to the church bungalow to sit around the frame and trade the local news as she quilted with other ladies from the community. The afternoon spawned a poem in which I sang out the quilt names.

Shaolin Tai Chi Join 35th generation Shaolin Disciple Master Dào for daily Tai Chi and experience the benefits of this gentle form of exercise for people of all ages and fitness levels. Master Dào’s lineage goes back over 1500 years. In his early ’30s, he found himself getting sick often and suffering from low energy. Today, he attributes his physical and mental strength to his training in the ancient Shaolin arts. Watch for special episodes featuring

Student Nicole Hotchkiss says, "the message that I got is that they're afraid.” Hotchkiss is a grade 12 student at St. Ignatius of Loyola in Oakville. Earlier this month she put forward a motion to fly the flag at all schools for Pride Month in June and to put safe space posters in every class.  Last night, the Halton Catholic District School Board (HCDSB) debated and amended the motion -- removing the request to fly the flag and putting one poster in each school.  "The entire point of my motion and my original delegation was that people would know that Catholic schools support LGBTQ2...

Healing Yoga: Deborah Devine on Improving Respiration A comical story in the Chandogya Upanishad, a sacred text dating back to 800 BC, depicts the senses as having a dispute about who among them is the most important. The ear left for a period of time, and upon its return, asked the others how they managed without him. Then the eye departed, and one by one, each of the senses left and came back asking this question. But when the breath gets ready to leave, all of them “come to their senses” immediately and concur that the breath is indeed most essential.