Keep It Beautiful
A short walk on the popular Medd’s Mountain loop, next to the millpond, reveals graffiti on trees, toilet paper just steps off the trail, and the ever-present discarded dog poo bags. The forest floor appears trampled in some areas as inquisitive wanderers repeatedly head off-trail to explore the same curious looking stump or fallen…
Fall into a New Hobby with the CMLibraries
The pandemic has been a challenge for everyone, and as we enter the winter months you may benefit from participating in a program that brings a sense of purpose or focus to your day to day activities. The CMLibraries will be offering weekly activities to encourage social connections, skill development, and fulfillment. Two new…
How Do We Become God’s Faithful People?
In today’s world, tradespeople are highly valued. Qualifying as a skilled tradesperson is a lengthy process. After three years or more of college comes another two- or three-year apprenticeship, working beside a master of the trade. Covid-19 has made it safer to learn all we need to know on our own from a book…
Raking Optional: Leave the Leaves!
The Nature Conservancy of Canada has launched a public awareness campaign asking people, in order to preserve, protect and enhance our quickly vanishing biodiversity, to not rake up leaves on lawns. It’s not clear why we seem to get this ingrained notion, almost an obsession that our lawns need to be fully bare and…
The Winds of Change
The fall winds have whipped most of the leaves off the trees. And looking out the window of my den, where I write, my view of Medd’s Mountain is now very clear. Stronger winds seem to be a new and not very welcome thing for us. Yesterday we had an extremely warm day but…