Wishing all a joyous holiday season!

This magical night shot was actually taken at the cottage last month. I saved it to share as a special holiday greeting to…

Finding expression

I was raised in a home of frustrated creatives who valued art but did not appreciate entrepreneurship. For success as a writer or…

Over a year ago during one of my last visits to my childhood home, I took three cuttings from a Christmas cactus that…

In 1956, following a childhood dream, a Canadian woman apparently became the first zoologist to conduct a long-term study of large mammals in…

1. The first sceintific evidence for photosynthesis was found in the late 18th Century by chemists Joseph Priestley and Jan Ingenhousz. They noticed…

I happened to be in Hamilton, Ont., yesterday with time on my hands and took the opportunity to explore Cootes Paradise. Steeltown may…

Strange weather we’re having. It has been all over the map this week. Saturday morning I looked outside to see hoarfrost coating everything….

The red squirrel is the unrivaled tyrant and vandal of our bird feeding enterprise. It tears up the corners of deck boards and…

New Year’s resolutions will not happen for another month, but December feels like the time for true beginnings. November is the darkest month:…