by Susanne Spence Wilkins | Nov 6, 2023 | About Us, Barn Quilts
Hanging On Until The Last Moment November 1st showed us that winter is lurking behind every weather forecast. We awoke to a skiff of snow on the fields, breaking the spell that the warm afternoons of fall had cast over Southwestern Ontario. The winds and rain...
by Susanne Spence Wilkins | Nov 6, 2023 | Cycling Back Roads, Local Things to Do
I live and work in a border world: that slice of land at the extremities of two municipalities that is too far from the convenient centre of either county to concern the core administration and residents. If you have ever lived near a border, you know that sometimes...
by Susanne Spence Wilkins | Nov 6, 2023 | Local Things to Do
What a fool believes in a village doesn’t change over the decades. Last night, the 1970’s drenched sounds of the Doobie Brothers rocked an old church in Highgate and I was there to see it. The Listen to the Music tribute band brought the rock group’s few number...
by Susanne Spence Wilkins | Nov 6, 2023 | About Us
Keep your eye on the leader is a lesson I learned when I flew formation. On summer weekends in the 1990’s, I flew single-engine, ex-military aircraft at small airshows and flight demonstrations. In groups of four, we would perform a choreographed routine of...
by Susanne Spence Wilkins | Nov 6, 2023 | Local Things to Do
I’ve got news for you, when we lose our community newspapers, it matters. In mid-September, Metroland Media declared bankruptcy, stopping publication of 71 community newspapers, laying-off 605 people. Publications stopped their print editions across the province...
