Adjusting to River Time As it all slows down, I start to measure time in sunrises and sunsets, in breakfasts and lunches and dinners... Patrick Metcalf
A Stink of Mink A group of minks saw this opening as an invitation: “Welcome! Spend your winter here.” Lynn E. McElfresh
Fields of Hope, in the Thousand Islands Fields of Hope is a photography farm project which turned into a book. It is a collection of images that celebrate farmers in the Thousand Islands Andrée Thorpe
A Walk in the Parks When I think “park”, I think slides, swings, and merry-go-rounds. My husband, on the other hand, might think Fenway or Candlestick. But in the late nineteenth century, a "park” was a resort Lynn E. McElfresh
Ticked Off Mosquitoes suck and black flies bite. However, just one bite from a deer (black-legged) tick can put you out of commission for the whole season... Paul Hetzler
Got Gas? Some foods give you gas, but this is the time of year when gas gives you a really delicious food. Maple syru Paul Hetzler
Small-Scale Items and Curiosities Here from my island home in the Admiralty Group, are a few of the small-scale items and curiosities, that are easy to overlook, Winifred McGowan
January 2020 - A New Year Amazing water level photographs, Dan Tack tribute and beautiful winter photographs!, Yes, Volume 15 - means 15 years of TI Life.... Susan W. Smith
Island Terrarium It was always my dream to take a piece of the river home with me in the fall to help me savor my island world until I could return in the spring. Last fall, I did just that. Lynn E. McElfresh
Winter Swings Sometimes it feels as though Old Man Winter has a temperature-oscillation App which he turns on before disappearing for a week or two.. Paul Hetzler
The Thousand Acre Challenge TIWLT has done a lot for this area, and is about to do more with the launch of their latest initiative: The Thousand Acre Challenge. Calder Schweitzer
That Beautiful Sound Transport yourself to the serenity of the River. Close your eyes. What do you hear? An eerie but beautiful sound. A Common Loon. Each year dozens of volunteers take part in the Annual Loon Count on the St. Lawrence River. Aliana Young
Deer Grandma and Grandpa... What is life like for those few lucky, possibly smarter, white-tailed deer which manage to avoid cars, coyotes, projectiles and parasites beyond the first few years of existence? Paul Hetzler
