Go wild!
(Published in CBC News) Milkweed pods marinated in cider vinegar? Curry soup with cattail hearts? Wild salmon with white spruce sauce? Brie with wild rose petal jelly? Who knew that many of the things that...
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Hot & Steamy: Build Your Own Authentic Finnish Sauna At The Cottage
(Published in Canadian Homes and Cottages) The forest scent of cedar greets you as you disrobe. It feels a bit strange to be naked, but you’ll get over it. As you leave the changing room...
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Kids Not Getting Enough Nature
(Published in CBC News) It’s a Saturday afternoon in winter and it’s snowing perfect snowball-making snow. But there are no flying snowballs or snowmen or kids in snow suits. Where are all the kids? If...
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From Sea to Glassy Sea
(Published in The Globe & Mail) If you’re wandering the beach this weekend, keep your eyes open for a slash of scarlet. Sea glass, which was once relegated to mason jars on cottage windowsills, is...
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Got Milkweed?
(Published in Birds and Blooms) It might be considered a noxious weed, but to me it’s a precious perennial There’s a noxious weed in my garden. And it’s staying put. At least if I can...
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Can I have your autograph?
(Published in Antiques and Collectibles Magazine) Is it really the golden age of autograph collecting? Or have forgeries, printed signatures and heightened celebrity security made it a hobby that’s just too much of a hassle?...
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On A Wild Goose Chase: Getting Geese to Honk Off
(Published in Acreage Life) Sherri Hall is on a wild goose chase. And she’s got eight super-charged border collies to help her with her mission. Hall is the owner of Bye Bye Birdie, a goose...
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High-tech photo booths latest trend for the big day
(Published in CBC News) There’s an image of you kissing your grade 10 sweetheart. And another one of you and your best friend making piggy noses for the camera. There’s even one of you alone,...
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A Passion for Pelee
(Published in Windsor Life Magazine) Mary Celestino’s paintbrush captures the wild beauty of Canada’s southernmost islands A simple trip to Pelee Island on an August day in 1990 changed Mary Celestino’s life. Celestino, a visual...
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The 401 blues: The Life of a Trucker
(Published in Biz X Magazine) We hear their revving engines, we smell their diesel soot, and, as we soar past them, we feel their tremendous power. They are bigger than us, heavier than us, and...
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