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Ways of Seeing

five artists | five subjects | twenty-five paintings
How many ways are there to paint a picture?

Jun 16, 2011
Signe Ball

Baseball Memories

When baseball fever swept North America in the late nineteenth century, the good people of these hills signed on, but they embraced the game with a unique, local flair.

Jun 16, 2011
Ken Weber

A Day in the Life of a Volunteer Firefighter

A simple “click” is sometimes all it takes. Somebody is having a bad day. That “click” is the emergency radio channel, XJI 799, coming on line.

Jun 16, 2011
Brandon Muir

Eat Your Heart Out, Dr. Seuss!

Alpacas like llamas, prudently dole out kisses. After a quick assessment, they’ll smooch you right on the lips.

Jun 16, 2011
Monica Duncan

Letters – Our readers write: Summer 2011

Letters published in the SUMMER 2011 edition of In The Hills magazine.

Jun 16, 2011
In The Hills

Washing, wages, wax and worms

A review of recent studies suggests many amoebae have sex! Miscellany from Douglas G. Pearce’s Countryside Digest.

Jun 16, 2011
Douglas G. Pearce

Pam Purves

Like all impressionistic art, soft-focus photography takes the obvious out of commonplace objects and draws attention to more fundamental elements.

Jun 16, 2011
Signe Ball

Our favourite picks for summer

Our favourite picks for summer, must pickle, must golf, must row, must indulge and must see!

Jun 16, 2011
In The Hills

A Courtly Romance

Croquet, at least the version I was about to learn, is both remarkably like and completely different from what most kids play.

Jun 16, 2011
Nicola Ross

From Vision to Village

From Market Hill (Mono Mills) to reach what became Horning’s Mills, they built primitive pathways through forty kilometres of virgin forest, slogged around swamps and across streams, and forced their way up almost insurmountable hills.

Jun 16, 2011
Ken Weber

Eat Your Spinach!

Like Your Mom And Popeye Told You: Queen Victoria Baby Leaf Spinach comes from right here in Dufferin County!

Jun 16, 2011
Nicola Ross

The Joy of Shortcuts

The shortcuts that really interest me are the informal ones that develop naturally through use over time.

Jun 16, 2011
Bethany Lee