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Getting Outdoors during the Pandemic and Why it’s Important
“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.” -...

A Victoria Day Weekend to be Grateful For
“I live to enjoy life by the littlest things, feeling the grass between my toes, breathing fresh air, watching the wind sway the trees,...

Seven Lessons I’ve Taken From This Pandemic
On March 24, the province ordered the mandatory closure of all non-essential workplaces under the Emergency Management and Civil...

Cootes Paradise – My Perspective
“The Earth is a fine place and worth fighting for.” — Ernest Hemingway I visited Princess Point yesterday afternoon. With the...

Rambling Thoughts from a Snowy Trail
“A walk in nature walks the soul back home.” - Mary Davis After a busy work week, the call of the outdoors is generally expected and...

Savouring the Melody of Cootes Paradise
“The earth has music for those who listen.” - George Santayana The magic of early evening paddling lives in the melody and in the...

Family Day in the Valley
"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." - John Muir There are certain winter days that appear to be just about...

In Awe of Monarchs
“Butterflies... flowers that fly and all but sing.” ~ Robert Frost With a name indicative of royalty, the Monarch Butterfly has quite the...

Offering Praise at Rock Chapel
“There is something of the marvelous in all things of nature.” ~ Aristotle As my way of saying thank you for being a reader of this...

Crooks Hollow; Like a Fine Wine, it Keeps Getting Better
“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” - John Muir For decades, the Crooks Hollow dam and reservoir was a...