Review: The Gin Game
“Oh boy, cards! The paper rectangles old people think are fun!” —Luz Noceda, The Owl House Often the odd man out in my extended family, I di...
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Review: Off The Grid
As a COVID-haunted world emerges haltingly from hiding, mixed feelings loom: excitement over resumption of quasi-normal life, anxiety over the risks t...
West Coast IPA
If you were looking for one particular style of beer that propelled the current awareness of craft beer into our collective consciousness, it would be...
Dave Stewart
Standing proud
I met Dave Stewart for a midday coffee and as soon as he walked in the room, he was greeted by old friends and others who wanted to talk to him about ...
A gift of Island poetry
Picnic Rock | Thomas O'Grady
An old album, a thumb-scuffed photograph, black and white, circa 1964: centred, hair tied back by a windblown scarf, my mother in slacks and blouse...
Island pillars
The sea continues to eat away at our lovely coastline. Wealthy cottagers purchase peace of mind by bringing in Nova Scotia granite boulders dumping th...
Rare birds cooperate
It really is a lovely thing when rare birds cooperate with passionate bird lovers. Too often I’ve been notified of sightings of snowy owls, cattle e...
A gift of Island poetry
Jack's Trail | Bren Simmers
Let’s call this paint chip 4 p.m. green. Lichen, liverwort. Moss burgeoning into topo folds enters ankles, backs of knees, hip creaks. Call this...
This perfect day
If I don’t appreciate this perfect day, then I don’t deserve to live here. It’s a festival out there. The ground is strewn with crimson maple f...
Finding new flora
The go-to place for information on native plants in Prince Edward Island is the Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre website (accdc.com). They hav...
Beer for sport
A fierce competition is growing at Hopyard on Kent Street in Charlottetown. For the second year in a row, The Brewery Battle pits local brewers agains...
Mike Ross and Nicole Bellamy
Living in harmony
As soon as I walked in the back door of the Harmony House in Hunter River, I was struck by the powerful and magical energy that greeted me. Mike Ross ...
From fibre to finish
MacAusland’s Woolen Mills uses old tech for quality product
I was looking forward to spending time at MacAusland’s Woolen Mills in Bloomfield—watching the process, and learning the technology—and I was no...
Seasonal suds
As the weather warms and we move toward the summer of 2021, our local brewers are looking to brew up new brands of beer that aim to capture the essenc...
Loving your elders
Our native elderberries cause some confusion to those learning about plants. First of all, “elder” sounds a lot like “alder,” but they are two...
Community
Last summer our school in the Cove celebrated its 200th birthday. To commemorate this milestone we considered holding a lecture series, a photo exhibi...
A gift of Island poetry
EVERYTHING RETURNS, EVENTUALLY… | Laurie Brinklow
for Frank Ledwell Frank Ledwell (1930–2010) was a writer and poet who mentored thousands of Prince Edward Islanders—including me—in his role as...
Kirstin Lund
Making it happen
Kirstin Lund is an innovator and manifester who continually builds community through collaboration. If she sees a gap, she does what she can to help f...
Review: Good Girl
Post Modern Cabaret
Good Girl Trailside Music Hall April 20 In two lavish sets of music and monologue, Melissa MacKenzie gives a courageous performance of her story ...
East Coast Hoppers
Tucked away on the winding roads of Donagh, PEI is a small shop supplying homebrewers of all skill levels. Selling bags of grain, hops, yeast and all ...
What bird is that?
There are some fantastic books around on bird identification. Yet though I love books, I’ve never been particularly adept at leafing through field g...
Unexpected
March has been a month of unexpected, even bewildering, events. There was the COVID-19 scare with the long list of places one might have been and yep,...
Richard Pellissier-Lush
Strong sensitivity
Whether in work, play, or life, Richard Pellissier-Lush shows up as his full self and endeavours to live a life that inspires others to do the same. R...
A gift of Island poetry
DAYS, WEEKS, MONTHS, YEAR | Deirdre Kessler
DAYS, WEEKS, MONTHS, YEAR Individual days, weeks, months: unbound! Flung up into the air, released from meaning. Who cares for you? Alice says to t...
Lessons to learn
Educators from Hong Kong make PEI their new home
On a sunny and mild morning, with a view of the sea, I sat down with Chung Sze Leung (Angela) and her husband Sai Ming Chu (George). When asked “wh...
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...
Sweta Daboo
Hope for humanity
There’s nothing quite like meeting young women in leadership who are making waves and forging paths for other women to do the same simply by being t...
A gift of Island poetry
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...
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....
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