We believe that we are asked to be like Jesus, but how do we do that? Jesus lived two thousand years ago. We have no pictures. Long ago, I read a story about a little girl of five who was busily drawing a picture. “What are you drawing?” the teacher… Continue reading
“Our life is frittered away by detail… Simplify, simplify.” Thoreau I recently came across an idea that I intend to try next year that appears to make growing tomatoes simpler. A gardener in Maine got the brilliant idea (probably not original to her) to grow tomatoes around a vertical ring… Continue reading
A quiet, green astronomer lives in my garden. She’s about 7 feet tall, thin as a pencil, and says almost nothing that I can understand. One message, however, is clear enough: she (or he, for all I know) points one leafy finger precisely south all summer long. This remarkable scholar… Continue reading
It is a family affair… 2016 Chris Schier held the first annual Advantage Charity Golf Tournament. The profits from the tournament were donated to a local organization. Community Care Millbrook was that lucky charity. Consistently each year Chris has put on the tournament providing a sizable donation to the community…. Continue reading
“Journeys” is the outreach and social advocacy group of St Thomas’ Anglican Church, Millbrook. After a pause in activities during Covid-19 lockdowns, the outreach group began meeting again via Zoom in April. Journeys has now completed two fundraisers, one of which was for Zippaport — a non-profit organization that creates… Continue reading
Since January, Jane Berlin and a group of volunteers out of Bethany have been preparing sandwiches and snacks once a week for visitors to One Roof Community Centre in Peterborough. This shelter is open 365 days a year and provides free meals, professional training, life skills, access to primary… Continue reading
The equipment has been in place since last fall, but it took almost a year to find conditions that allowed a celebration and acknowledgement of the generous legacy gift. Last month, a brief ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to officially open the outdoor facility and thank the organization that made it… Continue reading
Two years ago, thirteen-year-old Drew McFadden returned from the Millbrook Fair with two chickens. The chicken coop in the yard near his house had not been occupied for decades, but he quickly converted it to a comfortable living space for his new charges. The renovations also took into consideration Drew’s… Continue reading
