I’ve been interested in keeping bees for at least a couple of decades, probably since reading Sue Hubbell’s A Book of Bees. Hubbell, once a New York librarian, had moved to the Ozarks and taken up beekeeping as a livelihood. She wrote lyrically of the yearly rhythm of beekeeping, and the keen observation of bee behavior and of flowers in bloom that the bees inspired.
Who’s Impersonating Rosie?!
Who is that blonde burlesque bombshell if it’s not Rosie Bitts? No, Rosie hasn’t been kidnapped but her son JJ Bitts is taking over his mom’s vlog and, by the looks of it, her wardrobe.
The Comfort and Simplicity of Small Town Life
“I was raised in the city,” writes Jess Howard. “After all four of my children were born, I moved to the country seeking out a place where they could be kids for every possible second, where I could shelter them from the economic trappings of urban life and, in turn, I could see the world new and fresh again.”
This Curious Life: Physician, Writer and Explorer George Burden
By any measure, George Burden lives a remarkable life, experiencing the world in a way few people ever have. He’s soared through the air in a CF-18 during an aerial combat exercise and he’s marvelled at the ocean depths from a deep sea submersible. He’s swam in all of the world’s oceans including the Antarctic and the Arctic and somehow he manages to practice medicine, raise a family and write both prolifically and well. What’s his secret?
Finding Love in Canada’s North
A Montrealer falls in love with the North in the Yukon … and a Northerner in the Northwest Territories. Then, at the end of a dirt road, surrounded by bush, with no sidewalks to be seen — she finds home.
Do the Amish Use Facebook?
When Andrea begins exploring the Amish method of evaluating the usefulness of a technology to their culture, she decides to apply this philosophy to her own use of Facebook. The results may surprise a lot of people.
Bugs are Okay By Me
When a Canadian moves to a tropical Caribbean island, she finds lots to love. And then there are the bugs. Little bugs. Big bugs. Stinging bugs. Biting bugs. For Genny Ross-Barons, it’s all just part of life in paradise.
The Fine Art of Selling My Stuff
As Peg prepares to move to another province, she begins selling off many of her possessions — but they say when you get rid of some things you make room for new things. It wasn’t long until she found herself buying instead of selling.
Hard Cider Means Hard Work
Julia McLean’s adventures making cider the old-fashioned way in Normandy, France with a little help from friends.
Walking the Streets of San Miguel
Lorne Daniel travels to San Miguel, a UNESCO world heritage site, in search of a walkable, pedestrian-friendly city. He doesn’t find it, but that doesn’t mean automobiles rule the road in this Mexican city.
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