Wood Fires and Christmas

WOOD FIRES AND CHRISTMAS December 20 & December 22 I had the pleasure last week of participating in the Twelve Days of Christmas presentations at the Macaulay House Museum in Picton. I was the Four Calling Birds. However, there were only three of us – specimens…

Power of the Internet

POWER OF THE INTERNET December 13 & December 15 It seems difficult to imagine, that only 20 years ago, I refused to have anything to do with computers. Although our son and I played challenging games on his Vic-20, and later, a Commodore 64, the computer…

Great Scat, What Was That ?

GREAT SCAT, WHAT WAS THAT ? December 06 & December 08 We found some animal scats atop a tree stump during a walk along a trail one recent weekend at Presqu’ile Provincial Park. However, the fellow who first discovered them, was a bit more explicit in…

How To Get Through Winter

HOW TO GET THROUGH WINTER  November/December issue, 2006 It was well into winter about three years ago when I received an e-mail from a Tweed area resident about a frog she had found. She told of a wood frog, a name well founded in…

Walking in the Rain

WALKING IN THE RAIN November 29 & December 01 One of the biggest hits in the 1950s by the late Johnny Ray was a song called, “Just Walking In the Rain.” While his song told of a lost lover, and the singer’s effort to drown his…