By Lynda Shadbolt As I sit here to write my article I look out the window and I can see that rain and freezing rain will begin shortly. I was outside a lot of yesterday…

By Lynda Shadbolt Published March 19 2019 Jim and I had the pleasure of attending our first ever “stag and doe” last night in the cozy village of West Guilford. We were a wee bit…

By Lynda Shadbolt Published March 5 2019 When my daughter was born I began keeping a family journal that was about our everyday life. Art or pieces of art were glued in. Short stories of…

By George Farrell Published Feb. 7 2019 It’s the time of year again when the Rails End Gallery holds its annual Members’ Salon wherein members of the gallery who happen to be artists get to…

By Lynda Shadbolt Published Jan. 22 2019 If I was asked to sit around a table with a group of people and debate what would be the most fun thing to do on a Saturday…

By Cindy Campbell Column - BIA In the Village Published Jan. 15 2019 On behalf of our 120 downtown Haliburton businesses led by our volunteer board of management I would like to wish everyone a…

By Linda Shantz Published Jan. 8 2019 Kelly Outram is a really interesting young man. He grew up in Haliburton the son of Cathy and Joe Outram. I met Kelly when he was a student…

By Lynda Shadbolt Published Dec. 18 2018 Being human is a lot of work every single day. Compared to most of the world we live with so much abundance around us and yet we all…

By Lynda Shadbolt Published Dec. 4 2018 If you talk to any yogi they will tell you that one of their favourite parts of the practice is “yoga nidra.” Yoga nidra can be practised at…

By Lynda Shadbolt Published Oct. 23 2018 On Friday evening I had the pleasure of attending the Haliburton County Folk’s Society concert at the Minden United Church. It was a full house from what I…

By Lynda Shadbolt Published Oct 9 2018 In 1990 I went on my first ever silent meditation retreat for a weekend at the Guelph Centre for Spirituality. I really had no idea how that weekend…

By Lynda Shadbolt Published Sept. 25 2018 I was home visiting my parents on the weekend and my mother and I went to a local apple orchard/farm to pick apples. It was a beautiful sunny…

By Lynda Shadbolt Published Sept 11 2018 When I wrote my first business plan in 1996 to get on the self-employed assistance program with Haliburton County Development Corporation I ended the submission with a paragraph…

By Lynda Shadbolt Published Aug. 28 2018 I fell in love with camping and sleeping in a tent at a very young age. My parents purchased a little “pup tent” for my sister and I…

Most of us will hang on to a candy wrapper empty chip bag or other piece of trash until we can toss it into a garbage can. Littering outdoors goes against our nature so having…

By Lynda Shadbolt Published Aug. 14 2018 I saw MaMma Mia – Here We go Again recently in Kinmount and what I loved about the movie was when “Young Donna” who was travelling on her…

By Cindy Campbell Published Jul 24 2018 Summer is definitely here! If the scorching hot temperatures weren’t enough to signal summer then the increase in traffic had to bring you to that conclusion. During these…

By Lynda Shadbolt Published July 17 2018 One of the many things I love about summer is all the fresh food. It just gives me so much pleasure. It all starts when we plant our…

By Lynda Shadbolt Published May 22 2018 I think my family’s invitation to the royal wedding must have gotten lost in the mail. We have so many connections to them. My mother was raised in…