The Case Against Misguided Sentiment

THE CASE AGAINST MISGUIDED SENTIMENT  January/February issue, 2007Wildlife artist Mia Lane e-mailed me early this winter and announced that her family had just increased by 13. When her nephew discovered that flying squirrels had decided to winter in his attic, he contacted his aunt…

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…

It’s For the Birds

IT’S FOR THE BIRDS  September/October issue, 2006 The year was 1956, and the entire school – all 13 of us – wondered what our new teacher would be like. Little did I know when she walked into the classroom of that one room school, not…