From the Editor, February 2025 Get a head start on the summer calendar. Want this winter to end? Maybe not when you see these photographs and once again we thank Ian Coristine for his belief in TI Life! Susan W. Smith
TILife Gets a Fresh New Look TI Life was suffering from a few glitches. Most notable was that paging didn't work, making it impossible to access some of the older articles. . . Mike Cox
Tribute to Manley Manley Leon Rusho (93), passed away peacefully on January 25, 2025, in Lake Mary, FL. He was born on a farm on Grindstone Island, NY . . . Cindy Hagemann
Meet Roger Green – Boat and Cottage Builder I recently learned about Roger Green who lived on Wellesley Island on Otter Point for about 50 years. Roger built the cottage where he and his wife Joan spent summers . . . Rick Casali
The Brown Boat Line The date was March of 1917 and George Brown had just received the big news that he had been anxiously waiting for. The Clayton-based boat builder had been awarded the U.S. Government contract for carrying the mail between Clayton and Alexandria Bay . . . Tom King
Meet Olivia Stoughtenger - Young TI Photographer I want to start by telling you a little bit about my family and our connection to the River. My great-grandparents, owned Schermerhorn’s Marina . . . Olivia Stoughtenger
Album of Working Boats! People who don't know the River personally may not realize the different way islanders have to get major deliveries for work to be done. Winifred McGowan
Thoughts About The Untitled Photographs! These “Untitled” images, and much of my work, are intended to be exhibited framed and hung on a wall, because I appreciate that fine art tradition. Richard Margolis
Historic Shipwrecks of the Thousand Islands From 1754 to 1760, the British and French built over 18 major warships on Lake Ontario and the Thousand Islands . . . Dennis McCarthy
Starting to Discover River Sturgeons I write to you as I am now living just west of Gan . . . and there is no awareness of the sturgeon fishery or that sturgeon stock are now quite plentiful in our area of the River." Ken Treusdell & Susan W. Smith
A Year in the Fight to Save Blind Bay The fight to save Blind Bay has been a turbulent journey. Throughout 2024, the fight has been backed by an unwavering River community . . . Jake Tibbles
Winter Poetry Matching photography with poetry or finding photography that matches poetry is often inspiring . . . Kim (Bo) Stone Kalil
The Sunset Anniversaries Warren pulled the ties of his wife’s apron undoing the bow. She removed it and hung it up on its hook. “A walk to enjoy the sunset, my dear husband?” Elizabeth asked . . . Sherry L. B. Johnson
