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Sandra Christopher spent 23 years in policing before retiring with what she calls an overuse injury to her soul. She found healing in her woodworking workshop — making handcrafted clothespins one at a time.
After leaving policing Sandra Christopher needed something to calm the ‘defensive position in my brain’
Jennifer William · CBC News
· Posted: Aug 10, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 26 minutes ago
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‘There is beauty in the simplicity,’ says Sandra Christopher. (Jennifer William/CBC)
Sandra Christopher picks up a piece of wood and feeds it through the bandsaw.
It’s the first motion in the making of a clothespin, a motion she has performed tens of thousands of times.
But in a few weeks the workshop closes. The saw goes quiet. And the clothespin lady hangs up her apron for the last time.
“There is beauty in the simplicity,” she said. “There’s beauty in the simple things.”
Christopher did not set out to build a business. She set out to survive.
She graduated from RCMP depot in 1996 and spent 23 years in policing serving across the Maritimes,
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