August Farmers’ Market
Saskia Tompkins treated shoppers at the August Farmers’ Market to tunes from her unique instrument, a nyckelharpa. This traditional Swedish instrument is one of many on which this talented musician is proficient. She is best known for other stringed instruments, including the violin, fiddle and cello. This classically trained British musician and actor moved…
Our Local National Tree
As we head into September, I would like to profile our most iconic native tree, the national tree of Canada, our beloved sugar maple (Acer saccharum). There is only a faint hint of the colourful changes to come as I write this at the end of August, but you can see a few trees…
What does God look like?
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 asked. The child answered,…
Events – November 2021
Lions’ Christmas Yard Sale at the Lions’ Den on Saturday, November 13th from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Proceeds to the Legion’s Christmas Gift Card Campaign. Christmas Market: November 21st from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM in the parking lot at the Old Millbrook School.
Common Ground – September 2021
“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 filled with compost. The…
There’s a Certain Slant of Photons
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 is my compass plant…