Wandering: A Way of Life?
Last September I travelled to the Scottish Highlands. As my husband was set to join me in the UK following my walk on the West Highland Way, it was critical … Continue reading Wandering: A Way of Life?
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Town or Country?
Let’s have a debate my friends. Just for fun. The question I have for you is ..“What environment do you think is more dangerous? Living in the big city? Or life in the countryside, right here in our own back yard? You get to decide….
Fowl Behaviour
By Paul J. Hetzler My francophone wife is often amused as I commence à apprendre la langue, like the time I said connard when I meant canard. For the monolingual English-speakers out there, canard means duck, … Continue reading Fowl Behaviour
The Road to Farrellton
I woke up feeling off. Not sick, not sad, just heavy. The kind of heaviness that arrives unannounced, like claggy mud clinging to well-walked boots. The world’s unrest had settled … Continue reading The Road to Farrellton
The Cormorant(s)
Is she a spirit bird, I wonder? I see no evidence of her colony, but then I’m not walking by the shore and looking out over the river to see … Continue reading The Cormorant(s)
Why I am a Feminist
by Paula Halpin There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind. —Virginia Woolf The first conversation I had with my … Continue reading Why I am a Feminist
Nearly…
I took the other road, just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear
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
The Bucket List
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.
Roots
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
Herons
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
If you want to know a country, read its writers
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
Wandering Wakefield 