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The Dutch practice of going outside to let go of the bad air and breathe in the good. SIDE EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE: stress relief, feeling invigorated, and boosting one’s general health

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I am the happy owner of every single issue of Cottage Life magazine. My favourite features always involve a look inside someone’s cottage. Thank you for showing us “A Little Basket on the Beach” (Mar/Apr ’21). I love this charming cabin.—Sandra Foy, Redstone Lake, Ont.

Karen von Hahn has done a beautiful job of preserving our now 75-year-old cottage in “A Little Basket on the Beach.” I say “our” because in 1946, the year I was born, my parents, the Gordons from Stratford, had our

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