Volume 18, Issue 2, February 2023

15 Articles this month - Be sure to leave comments and share with friends. [Photo by Ian Coristine and courtesy of 1000IslandsPhotoArt.com]

From the Editor, February '23

This is not all about me . . . but when both my husband and I got Covid after a 30-minute visit with our granddaughter and family, I have to

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Susan W. Smith

‘Irish Bard’ Finds Family Roots on Wolfe Island

In the wee hours before Christmas Eve, Jannet Walsh suddenly bolted upright in her bed. Or what she believed was her bed . . .

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Brian Johnson

New Canadian and US Regulations

This month we received several inquiries about various news items regarding three important aspects of island living . . . we recommend you review the applicable website . . .

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Susan W. Smith

"A Near-Fatal Case of Mistaken Identity" and a John Fielding Tribute

With all the discussion about guns in America, I started to reflect on my own close call. While I was teaching high school in Brockville in the '70s . . .

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John Fielding & John Stencell

Sunshine, Coffee and Shoelaces: Keys to Immortality

While telomeres all shrink over time, things like air pollution, chronic stress, obesity, and using alcohol and tobacco are known to hasten the process . . . surprisingly, coffee is good for telomere health as well.

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Paul Hetzler

“Bringing Camp to Dad… One Last Time”

It was February 2005. My 83 year old Dad and I sat in the sunroom at my parents’ cottage in a tiered living retirement community in NC. As always, Dad’s thoughts turned to the family’s seasonal camp on Chippewa Bay, NY.

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Bruce Mallette

Memorial Rink in Gananoque - a Legacy of Gord Brown

“An important legacy element of the Canada 150 skating rink was that it be donated to a nearby community after it closed. . . In November 2018 Gananoque, ON was chosen as the recipient.”

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Carole Moult

Why Patty Doesn’t Fish from her Kayak

. . . But as I got closer, I saw it move. The “thing” suddenly and intentionally dipped below the surface. It was alive!

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Patty Mondore

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.

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Manley L. Rusho

The Book, The Pilot, and his Drone

We start with the Book – written by Mike Hill (known as Aerosnapper) and Paul Wash – which will be published and on sale in March 2023. Then we ask questions to the Pilot. . .

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Susan W. Smith

Visit Len Senecal and Mr. Tout's Magical Forest

. . . Of course, the first thing I did was google the name Len Senecal and suddenly, I was led down a lovely path of discovery . . .

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Susan W. Smith

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!

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Sherry L. B. Johnson

Lucia and the Egyptian Amulet by M.A. Erki

MA. Erki will be familiar to TI Life readers as our official online artist and illustrator. Recently, we learned that she has published a book – one that is certainly interesting . .

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Susan W. Smith

Bill 23 – What is it?

Over the last couple months, you may have seen many Canadian conversations about something called Bill 23. It is a new Bill announced as part of Ontario’s Premier Doug Ford’s promise to build 1.5 million new homes . . .

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Annabel Cowan

Sudoku Puzzles #137, #138, #139, & #140

Forrest Gump might say, “Sudoku is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re going to get”. . .

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Dan LeKander