By Kate Butler Published May 15 2018 “The 24th of May the Queen’s birthday! If we don’t get a holiday we’ll all run away!” For years this rhyme was heard around the schoolyards of Haliburton…
The flow of energy
By Lynda Shadbolt Published April 24 2018 The yogis have always said “where the attention goes the breath follows and the energy or life force follows the breath.” The life force or energy is called…
The love basket
By Lynda Shadbolt Published April 10 2018 I just love it when I find myself in the middle of something that is so beautiful – so intentional and uplifting. These kinds of experiences don’t just…
Making it
By Linda Shadbolt Published March 27 2018 Over a year ago I wrote an article about Sophie Creelman and how I was an undercover agent for this amazing young acrylic artist who is building her…
Spring is in the air
By Cindy Campbell Published March 6 2018 I’m back! The last time I was able to be with you was during the 2017 holiday season. Now we are just days away from spring 2018. During…
Puppy yoga
By Lynda Shadbolt Published Feb. 27 2018 Yes puppy yoga is a thing. And I did it. It was our annual Family Day weekend with friends in Ottawa. This weekend always begins with us all…
The moving stories of Fredrik Backman
By Bessie Sullivan Haliburton County Public Library CEO Bessie's Books and Other Things Published Feb. 15 2018 I discovered a writer last year that I really loved. Fredrik Backman lives in Sweden and he has…
Varied ingredients flavour an entertaining evening
By George Farrell Published Feb. 15 2018 On the eve of Jan. 27 I finally made it to a Homemade Stew concert the annual celebration of local musicians presented by the Haliburton County Folk Society.…
Love
By Lynda Shadbolt Published Feb. 13 2018 It’s on these beautiful Canadian winter days when I’m outside snowshoeing or skiing or walking to town or skating or watching dogsledding that I have these moments where…
Remembering renaissance man Bill Lishman
By George Farrell Published Jan. 18 2018 Multi-talented Bill Lishman passed away on Dec. 30 10 days after being diagnosed with leukemia. He’s best known for raising Canada geese and teaching them how to fly…
New year … new beginnings
By Cindy Campbell Published Jan. 9 2018 Please let me begin by thanking you the great people of Haliburton for one of the best holiday seasons in the history of downtown Haliburton. Hundreds of people…
Most wonderful time of the year
By Cindy Campbell Published Dec. 5 2017 Downtown Haliburton is the place to be this holiday season! Please join us and experience the beauty of all the window displays and decorations. Each year businesses spend…
A look behind the displays
By George Farrell Published Nov. 28 2017 Christmas is the time of year when every retail business goes all-out with their product displays. It might seem at times that stores go over the top in…
Worriers to warriors
By Lynda Shadbolt Published Nov. 28 2017 I can remember sitting in my high school math class and being so excited as the teacher introduced the ideas of computers. We were given Fortran cards to…
Normal is a setting on the dryer
By Laurie Jones Published Nov. 9 2017 I invited myself onto Phylis Baker’s Canoe FM morning show last week to chat about Rails End Gallery’s latest exhibition. Having talked with Phylis at the Volunteer and…
Playgrounds to playgrounds
By Lynda Shadbolt Published Oct. 31 2017 For the first seven to eight years of my daughter’s life she spent a lot of time at Head Lake Park running around on the playground. It was…
We are a community that welcomes
By Lynda Shadbolt Published Oct. 17 2017 I just smiled all weekend at Hometown Hockey. What a welcome they got! And what a welcome the Wiso family got this time last year. I am proud…
Colourfest autumn and much more
By Cindy Campbell Published Sept. 12 2017 Summer is over. Many will debate if it really happened this year but the calendar date tells us all to move on to autumn! This summer saw many…
Wash and wear
By Sharon Lynch Published Aug. 1 2017 “But I don’t want to go with you” whined Jason leaning his kitchen chair back almost to the point of falling backwards. Maggie had already told him that…
The moon and the sun
By Lynda Shadbolt Published July 11 2017 The very almost nearly full thunder/buck moon kept me company on Saturday evening as I drove home from Orillia where I had been at the Mariposa Folk Festival…
Kick off a sesquicentennial summer!
By Kate Butler Published June 27 2017 It’s not every year that your community turns 150! 2017 is an incredibly important year not only for our country which is marking its sesquicentennial but also for…