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Habits for Cold Weather (and Hot Cocoa)
Wintertime rhythms and hot cocoa for four.
by Emily Morrice
3 min read
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CP Monthly for January 2021
Sidewalks, barley risotto, and an empty hotel.
by Common Pursuits Staff
Community & People
Learning The Steps of The Sidewalk Ballet
An experience of "the ballet of the good city sidewalk" in Montreal.
by Matt Civico
5 min read
2020 Year-in-Review
Our top posts from 2020 for readers' enjoyment!
by Matt Civico
3 min read
Technology & Science
Manual Competence & Analogue Joys
It’s a strange experience in 2020 to value the constrained experience of an old Walkman more than the everything-right-now proposition of Spotify.
by Matt Civico
4 min read
Community & People
Second-Round Lockdown
Toronto just went back into lockdown. It's frustrating. We are tired of this pandemic. But going into lockdown the second time is not the same.
by Lester Liao
3 min read
Technology & Science
Towards Technopoly: The Improbable World
Postman describes the dangers of an instant and functionally unlimited media environment.
by Matt Civico
6 min read
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CP Monthly for November 2020
Nonobvious conversation tips, soup au pois, and earthy wisdom from the village pub.
by Common Pursuits Staff
3 min read
Ideas & Culture
A Time for Poetry & Time for Poems
I read the words, but I don't read the poems, not really.
by Matt Civico
4 min read
Home & Food
Disney Retrospective: Ratatouille
What is often called snobbery is potentially an ardent devotion to what is good, if only we have the will to see.
by Lester Liao
6 min read
Ideas & Culture
The Ordinary Pleasures of the Fine(r) Arts
After pulling my brushes from their toolbox, I begin, as always, with a simple outline in pencil.
by Paoyun Tang
4 min read
Ideas & Culture
Recovering Childlike Creativity
Most people do four things that keep them from creating and making.
by Helen Davies MacIntyre
3 min read
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CP Monthly for October 2020
Subscribers-only: The (ageing) Boss, crispy chicken parm, and an invitation.
by Common Pursuits Staff
4 min read
Ideas & Culture
Love Coffee — but not like that
Coffee does much more than get us through the day (or night), but it can't be rushed.
by Lester Liao
4 min read
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