The Place of Tides In acclaimed farmer/author, James Rebanks’ previous best-selling books, [The Shepherd’s Life and Pastoral Song] he told of how our rural landscapes and age-old wisdom have been brought almost to a final destruction. With his new book, The Place of Tides, he writes again of these profound concerns, of what to make …
Revisiting Last week I treated myself to a return to a special, lesser-known walk at Foley Mountain. (There are so many memories from my 30 years of living within the park, so many places I need to revisit.) Today’s walk, on what is called The Wildflower Trail, part of the Rideau Trail, is easily reached, …
Still Singing It is the first day of my new year and I am still singing. In the decade following what one doctor called “the catastrophic death” of my beloved husband after 47 years of an exceptional marriage, I am still learning to walk alone. Walking on with big steps and little ones, (and occasionally …