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Who you calling a Ginger Pig?

The best thing about Sundays is the faint promise of a roast.  With a Yorkshire father,  childhood roasts only appeared along with the FULL trimings:  onions, gravy, stuffing, a full selection of veg and – never without – his birthright … Continue reading

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HEMP: maruijuana’s feel-good cousin

In my ignorance, I was quite surprised to find out that hemp is so closely related to marijuana. However, digging a little further I’m pretty sure that its microscopic amounts of THC — the chemical in marijuana that gets you … Continue reading

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Claire van Holthe: a gem of a gem girl

I know.  I don’t NEED any new bracelets.  Nor do you. We’ve all layered and stacked our wrists until we can’t actually use them to open doors or type or clean the kitchen surfaces.  But… in Ibizia last summer, I … Continue reading

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Halloween 2013

Here at Life of Yablon HQ, we threw caution to the wind this Halloween (!) and allowed our creativity and wild, scary urges to surface as we prepared ourselves for the fantastical world of glitter hair spray, special paints, tantalising … Continue reading

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