Tick Season is Here
Submitted by Paul Hetzler Black flies and skeeters can be annoying, but one tick bite can change your life forever. Deer ticks (ID links provided below) are known to transmit … Continue reading Tick Season is Here
In, around and beyond our village

Submitted by Paul Hetzler Black flies and skeeters can be annoying, but one tick bite can change your life forever. Deer ticks (ID links provided below) are known to transmit … Continue reading Tick Season is Here
I realize that a bucket list is supposed to be a list of the things you want to do before you die. Rest assured that I am not planning to “ kick the bucket” anytime soon, but ido have some things that I want to do while I am living, breathing, and thriving in this wild, wicked yet wonderful world of ours.
Swedish roots run deep on my mother’s side and were always a quiet backdrop to my upbringing. A Hallongrotta here, a Pepparkaka there, a “ja ja” or a lonely nej … Continue reading Roots
Written by Paul Hetzler Europeans weren’t entirely inept at naming New World plants and animals. For example, they called a large brown bat species the “big brown bat.” Kudos for … Continue reading Herons
by Paula Halpin In 1980, on an icy February day, I waddled into the Pape/Danforth public library in Toronto’s Greektown dressed in layers of clothes that added even more bulk … Continue reading If you want to know a country, read its writers
As the third month of the year crawls towards its Grande Finale, maybe it is time, to delve a little deeper into the theme of lambs and lions, and its association with the month of March
By Paul Hetzler According to legend, a few individuals have kept the Tower of London, as well as the British government, from falling since the mid-1600s. That’s pretty good for … Continue reading Raving about Ravens
Not far in front of us, appeared two young men, one straddling his bike and the other bent forward at the waist – torso parallel to the ground.
By Kimberly-Anne Ford Dedication: For Phil, ever inspiring. My winter morning ritual begins with a cup of Bean Fair’s Wakefield Blend, savoured in a plastic chair perched on my deck, … Continue reading Outside In
from our wonderful contributors to this Valentine’s day blog!
Wandering Wakefield is seeking your love poems!
Contributed and written by Paul Hetzler After receiving my first pocket knife at age eight, I wasted no time in launching my career as a sculptor. How hard could it … Continue reading Basswood – Best for Wooden Bass