Susan W. Smith

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Special Tribute to Sherri Leigh Smith

Sherri Leigh Smith literally spent a lifetime helping us to understand our flying friends and as importantly, to find ways to keep their habitats intact or to improve them . . .

Podcast Dedicated to Shipping

"Downward Bound will bring ship enthusiasts another step closer to the mesmerizing vessels so often seen along the St. Lawrence while also highlighting what the Seaway has to offer,"

"There is a River" by Heather Chitty

It only took two minutes to realize that the book needs to be introduced to the Thousand Islands community.

TI Life in September is Now Online

Volume 17, Issue 9, September 2022 is now online September: School's back, water's low, and memories

From the Editor, September 2022

Summer memories . . . Photographs to help remember summer 2022 . . . and what about joining the TI Life team? Also Twix the Kitsymenie Island dog says it all!

"Grenell 1912" Lynn McElfresh's Book 4

Residents—buckets in hand—rushed to the scene from every corner of the Park. Two boys took turns working the hand pump on the corner. Men, women, and children formed a bucket brigade.

GAN: Gananoque Arts Network

Definition of Network: “a group or system of interconnected people or things.” Simple explanation, Eh! However, looking closely the new Gananoque Arts Network (GAN) takes on real meaning.

Editor meets a new friend, Joseph B. Stahl

Over the past 14 years, I have had the privilege to meet some amazing Thousand Islanders. Some live here year-round, others are snowbirds, and some I meet along the way. Joseph B. Stahl . . .

TI Life in August is now online

It is mid-August – the glass is half empty. Why is that? 1) the corn season is here and if you

From the Editor, August 2022

News Items, Arrive Can, Cataraqui Conservation proposed changes, poetry, and ABM photographs by Rick Casali.

Will Salisbury, we will miss you . . .

There will be many tributes given in the future but this editor was fortunate as TI Life was able to highlight Will Salisbury's work many times over the years. I am pleased to share them again today.

Doug Drumm - "Each piece created has no equal"

For those of us summering in the Thousand Islands, any day seems special; but on the day I invited Doug Drumm for lunch, and I started to ask questions, I realize, that it was a special day indeed.

Pies for God's Sake

In 2011 – at the beginning of "Pies for God's Sake" project, someone said they should call it "Pies for God." However, Peggy said, "No, let's call it Pies for "God's Sake."