Thousand Islands Life Magazine

December '18 Happenings

A friend asked me why I keep at it every month and I realize what a wealth of material we have given to readers and those who just fall upon an article thanks to Google.

Susan W. Smith

7th Annual Photo Contest

The winners of TI Life's 7th Annual Photo Contest.

Ian Coristine

7th Photo Contest: Honorable Mentions

These are the Honorable Mention photographs chosen for our 2018 Thousand Islands Life Photo Contest.

Ian Coristine

The Sheriff of Grenell

Even fifty years ago, the need for a sheriff seemed laughable. In her July 1965 Thousand Islands Sun column, Grenell Island correspondent...

Lynn E. McElfresh

Frank Shattuck, Tailor and More

It starts with a picture on Facebook’s Thousand Islands River Rats Now and Then page, back a couple of months ago. The picture looked like a pattern ...

Susan W. Smith

Native Baskets

On occasion, an event would occur which caused great excitement in the dog days of summer. Sometimes it was Captain

Bob Anderson

The Withington 2018 Review: Fire, Groundings… etc.

Two years ago, December 2016, I wrote a Book Review: for First Responder, by Dr. Richard Withington. I related that when...

Richard L. Withington

Early Westminster Park Families: The Goss Family

Rosa Houghton Goss (1854- 1922) descended from a highly esteemed New England family, the Houghton’s. Her father, Reverend Daniel Clay Houghton, was the editor of the “Genesee Evangelist” and of the “American Presbyterian”,

Linda Twichell

Brenda Clarke, Artist

Many have a Bucket List, but artist Brenda Clarke found someone else’s Bucket List that has taken her on a wonderf.ul...

Susan W. Smith

Will Salisbury’s Gift to the River

Ok, so it is cold outside, and/or it is “another sunny day” in Florida… What to do? You should be concentrating on work, or out holiday shopping, but the stores are too crowded, and besides, you need inspiration

Susan W. Smith & William Salisbury

The Boy with the Box of Candles, 1918

There were marching bands and drums and those terrible whiny pipes ‘les Écossais' played with their bare kilted legs and funny bonnets. Jean had stood there with Percy, the Irish orphan, trying to follow the mystery and the logic.

Charles MacLean Cochand

Depth of Field: The Story Behind the Image

Winter has come early this year. As I write this article, the temperature outside is hovering around 0 degrees...

Chris Murray

Sudoku Puzzle #47

This holiday Sudoku Puzzle will warm your heart and take your mind off any inclement weather. So grab a hot cup of coffee

Dan LeKander

Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2018

December '18 Happenings

7th Annual Photo Contest

7th Photo Contest: Honorable Mentions

The Sheriff of Grenell

Frank Shattuck, Tailor and More

Native Baskets

The Withington 2018 Review: Fire, Groundings… etc.

Early Westminster Park Families: The Goss Family

Brenda Clarke, Artist

Will Salisbury’s Gift to the River

The Boy with the Box of Candles, 1918

Depth of Field: The Story Behind the Image

Sudoku Puzzle #47