Volume 20, Issue 12, December 2025

Happy Holidays to all! Photo ©Ian Coristine/1000IslandsPhotoArt.com & Santa by Marie-Anne Erki

From the Editor, December '25

Remembering Joan Rueckert, TIWLT, Horne's Ferry Dock, plus photographs.

Results of the 14th Annual TI Life Photo Contest

Narrowing our choices down to just three award winners was not an easy task, given the high quality of the 69 images . . .

Larry Asam & Erin McCarthy Greene

Would You Like to Live on an Island?

“Would you like to live on an island?” It’s a small sentence, but it lands with the force of an invitation to a different life . . .

Mark E. Russell

Can A Man Have Too Many Garwoods?

Bob Banister owns a stable of lovely and fast Garwood runabouts. Each one is stunning and amazingly fast . . .

Withington's Annual Report for 2025

The first event of the season this year was the report of a small cruiser that was sinking east of Round Island . . .

Richard L. Withington

Santa Clause Came to Town . . .

Fast forward to 2025, when Santa changed his destination. On December 7th, Santa arrived in the snow . . .

Allison Burchell-Robinson

Stained Glass Windows Series: David Black

Throughout his lifetime, Mr. Black held many jobs, including boat captain, salesman, caretaker and paymaster . . .

Cindy Rusho Hagemann

Removing the Railroad Bridge

The removal of the old train bridge, scheduled for this fall, was controversial . . .

Yes, "Love the River, for Good"

I found my copy in the "Thousand Islands Sun" in August, and immediately realized that my friends were being honoured

Call for Recipes: Dr. Withington's Secret

Meatloaf . . . for sure the "Pièce de résistance" is the syrup . . .

December Poem

Blustery gusts, Commanding the snow, Into powdery spirals, That dance in Moon’s glow . . .

Kim (Bo) Stone Kalil

Christmas Sudokus #273-#276

Another year is soon to pass. I hope you have enjoyed the special Sudoku puzzles of 2025 . . .