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Blueberry Jam | Roderick MacDonald
BLUEBERRY JAM On a hidden shelf In a jar of heavy glass Deep, dark, and thick Preserved while time has passed In the dusty basement With heirloo...
Hazy Shade of Beer
The existence of hazy beers is nothing new to the beer world. In the last century, technological advancements allowed brewers to make beer much more p...
CHEERS!
Recently we were delighted to be invited over “for drinks” at the home of neighbours who moved to the Cove from England a few years back. “Come ...
Coastal forests
Coastal forests are incredibly important components of our Island ecosystem. The often-relentless winter winds pound the vegetation along our north sh...
Joce Reyome
Peace, power, play
As we drank hot beverages at a café on a cool (not quite wintery) Sunday afternoon in January, Joce’s playful and passionate nature shined through....
Rare Birds
Our birdfeeder is alive and well, with an assertion of bluejays, a lament of mourning doves, an aria of chickadees, a jumble of juncos, an inversion o...
Grosbeak comeback
Many Islanders will remember the sight of large flocks of evening grosbeaks visiting their feeders in the 1980s. I’m sure those flocks kept sunflowe...
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If I Could Say | Leon Berrouard
IF I COULD SAY That I love you From the bottom of my heart But that would be a cliché So, instead, I love you from The bottom of my brain And a...
Living the dream
Something new, something different for Kensington foodies
Begin with a big bowl of passion and a sense of community spirit, add originality and warmth, sprinkle with creativity and pour in happiness until the...
Fill ‘er with unleaded
Exploring some great local, alcohol-free options
At the start of a fresh new year, many people take the pledge to adhere to a “Dry January,” spending the month without any beer, wine or spirits. ...
Peter & Nancy Richards
Keep on Buzzin’
The fifteenth of the month is approaching, and the arts community in PEI knows what that means: time to get your act together to meet The Buzz deadlin...
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Judy Gaudet | Making the Sky
MAKING THE SKY Wet the sky thoroughly right down to the treeline. Wrap it round the strait. First add the brightness, leaving either nothing or ...
No fiddle on Sunday
Musician Danny Drouin has a new passion: recording
Local musician Danny Drouin was trying to coordinate a jam recently when someone said, “Well, there’ll be no fiddle on Sunday or no bass on Saturd...
Free to dream
American Election Night 2020, 3:30 am, results still coming in. I feel like I haven’t had a restful dream-filled sleep in weeks. Every time I close ...
Plant publications
When learning about plants and plantings, it is always useful to have information that targets native species in your locale. I’m happy to announce ...
Ode to brewers
‘Twas a month before Christmas, And on our fair Isle, We all could be sheltered At home for a while. Christmas parties cancelled, Pray just for...
The root of it all
Seeing healthy trees that you have planted is a great legacy. Lately, though, I’ve been rethinking the whole idea of treeplanting. In 2019, Justin...
Dear Dr. Morrison
Dear Dr. Morrison: On behalf of the people of the Cove, I am writing to thank you for taking such good care of us. Your fireside chats (well, without...
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Bren Simmers | Off Season
OFF SEASON Tonight, I don’t have to play the crowd, tell the story of the Christmas owl who hitched a ride home on a fir trunk. Walk the trail ...
A gentler pace
Z & G’s Specialty Fusion Cuisine offer a new experience
Visitors are warmly welcomed by owners Zenaida and Glenn upon entering Z & G’s Specialty Fusion Cuisine Restaurant—a space full of exciting ar...
My preciousss
New nano-brewery and taproom opens in Cornwall
After a few setbacks and some unanticipated delays (see global pandemic), Cornwall finally has a brewery to call its own. Now I am particularly biased...
Richard Schroeter
Making things
“The world is run by artists and mathematicians,” Richard Schroeter muses, on a peaceful fall visit to Charlottetown from his home in Kensington. ...
Ghouls in them hills
“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” —Hamlet (1.5.167-8) When I first started exploring...
The suds are big
Island brewers continue to take home awards
Each year the Canadian Brewing Awards brings together breweries from all corners of our vast nation. No matter the size and reach of each individual b...
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Brent MacLaine
EARLY MORNING MIST A soft breath has come to earth. It must have paused a moment before lowering its gentle weight upon the autumn fields, before ...
Public domain
Stray Shorts Stories | by Sean McQuaid
Already a dwindling rarity by the time of your hoary historian’s youth, animated cartoon shorts were a fixture of movie theatres for decades, flouri...
Behind the counter
Forty three years on Main Street, Alberton for Jerry Saunders
Saunders Variety on Alberton’s Main Street recently celebrated its 43rd anniversary. I sat down with owner, Jerry Saunders, to find out about the ma...
The spice of life
More than ever, people are starting to realize the importance of pollinators. They used to be just pesky bees and wasps interrupting our outings that ...
Alive like me
I remember the first time I realized that I was not the only person in the universe. (My parents were people too, but they were only there to serve me...
Patricia Bourque
Sacred moments
As we walked to a quiet place to talk, three people stopped photographer Patricia Bourque—each to praise her episode of Postcards from the Island, a...
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Steve McOrmond
WE: AN APOLOGIA We loved the idea of trees and occasionally to stroll among them. We loved how quiet the city when it snowed and the view from the...
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