Doc to the Rock My Aunt Eleanor (Calhoun), my father’s sister, was pregnant; we were told that she was having trouble with the pregnancy, and she needed a doctor. Manley L. Rusho
While the Women Only Wept: Loyalist Refugee Women in Eastern Ontario, by Janice Potter-MacKinnon I chased down this book a few years ago, while researching the first wife of Joel Stone, the founder of Gananoque. What a fascinating read it turned out to be! Sherry L. B. Johnson
What a Honeymoon! We explained we had a US licensed car and a number of sails we were taking to Toronto. “No!” The customs officer said, “and if you cross this line,” . . . Ralph Boston & Sherry L.B. Johnson
An Old Ice Boat Somewhere around 1943, my cousin John (Dano) and I had a winter project to fix up an old ice boat. We had been working on this old ice boat for several days now, salvaging parts from all over . . . Manley L. Rusho
Dye by the Blade: Alex Tuch Tells His Story Through Tattoos “The top of my right arm is all around my cottage, my parents’ cottage, where my brother, sister and I pretty much grew up in the summertime,” he said . . . Melissa Burgess
The Winners, 2022 We have our winners for the 2022 TI Life Photo Contest plus five honorable mentions. Susan W. Smith
Winter Duck Hunt on Grindstone Island It was two days before Christmas in the early 1950’s. I was up at 4 am, dressed and out of the cellar door with my flashlight in hand. I headed to the boat house . . . Manley L. Rusho
Is the Architect as Interesting as His Architecture? Franklin Townsend Lent’s works are among those that have been researched as the early development of resort architecture in the Thousand Island region of Upstate New York and Ontario . . . Sherry L. B. Johnson
"OL BOY" – 1938 Chris Craft 25 Sportsman Joe Cardamone was a serious fisherman from Utica who owned a 21-foot utility. He fished out of Dingman Point, and wanted a slightly larger boat for the St. Lawrence River . . . Rick Casali
"Postings from the Far Shore of Life; An Incurable Cancer Patient's Reflections On Life, Death, And The Journey Between," by T N Robbins A serious account by Tom Robbins, a cancer patient, who reviews his life from diagnosis through treatment . . . Susan W. Smith
Raccoon Hunting with Uncle Aaron Uncle Aaron was a true outdoorsman; he knew how and where to catch squirrels, how to find wild honey trees, where to gather hickory nuts, how to trap a muskrat, and where the fish were biting – a true man of all seasons. Manley L. Rusho
"Riptide IV - 1948 Chris Craft 25 Utility In the post-WW II era, Chris Craft began to make their boat designs more elegant and, to my eye, classier. Riptide IV, owned by Jane and Kevin Heffron, is one of the nicest examples of this post-war shift at Chris Craft. Rick Casali
