Our Spring 2026 Contributors
Meet three writers – Tony Reynolds, Francesca Discenza and Anthony Jenkins – who share a deep curiosity about our community.
Tony Reynolds
Tony Reynolds has found that when you write for In The Hills, you meet a lot of interesting people and learn fascinating things. For over three decades now, Reynolds has written many articles for these pages, and has listened as many people describe their passions – for narrow-gauge trains, making beer, building sailboats, driving classic cars, flying antique biplanes, building bluebird houses, taking nature’s inventory, training service dogs, collecting vinyl records and much more.
This Orangeville resident has also made good friends among the magazine’s family. The butterfly in his profile picture fluttered by when he and In The Hills photographer Pete Paterson were weeding Paterson’s garden. In this issue’s Country Living 101, Reynolds tackles the mysteries and historical vagaries of country roads, sideroads and wonky rural routes.
Francesca Discenza
In this issue, Francesca Discenza writes about her children’s annual spring tomato plant sale. She reflects on the lessons that quietly took root in her family garden and grew into an education in business, climate stewardship, and financial literacy for her children. She has also written about illegal trucking yards across Caledon.
A writer and post‑secondary educator, Discenza is drawn to how learning through experience cultivates confidence, curiosity and practical life skills. Discenza lives in a cozy country home on the edge of the forest in Caledon with her husband and two children, where she’s acutely aware of how the seasons shape both daily life and her family’s deeper values. A longtime reader and admirer of In The Hills, she says she is grateful to contribute to a publication that celebrates community, nature and thoughtful living.
Anthony Jenkins
Anthony Jenkins is a cartoonist and writer formerly with the Globe and Mail. Previously a Mono resident, Jenkins now lives near Belleville, but returns often. His hobbies include playing hockey, alliteration and painting – painting people’s portraits in particular. He has also travelled widely, visiting 84 countries to date.
Jenkins has had his work published in In The Hills since, as he puts it, the hills were hummocks, writing on novice beekeeping, ice fishing, drones and the life of an isolated lake – along with many of his trademark cheeky illustrations. He describes himself as adept at breaking things and inept at repairing them. For the spring issue Jenkins says he was delighted to meet with and write about charming people who are neither at a Repair Café event in Caledon.
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Fixing What’s Broke
Reducing waste by giving new life to broken household items is the mantra of ecoCaledon’s popular Repair Cafés.
Growing More Than Tomatoes
Small businesses for kids, like running a roadside tomato stand, teach important lessons about planning, earning and investing.
Country Roads, Take Me Home
A checkerboard of roads should make navigation straightforward, but in Headwaters, survey quirks, naming oddities and nature’s whims can challenge both drivers and GPS apps.
Building the Case Against Illegal Trucking Yards
How the rise of truck depots on Caledon land zoned for agricultural use has galvanized local governments and activists to work together to turn back the tide – if it isn’t already too late.
