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Winter 2008

Volume 15 Number 4

As the page turns

Nov 18, 2008 | Tracey Fockler | Back Issues

Our annual review of new books by local authors.

Generation to Generation

Nov 18, 2008 | Tony Maxwell | Back Issues

Passing on the family business can be fraught with emotion and strife. It doesn’t have to be, says Tom Deans.

All in the Family

Nov 18, 2008 | Tony Maxwell | Community

Family businesses are at the heart of the Headwaters economy.

William Perkins Bull

Nov 18, 2008 | Ken Weber | Back Issues

William Perkins Bull was so filled with energy, intelligence and initiative that he not only recorded history, he made it!

The music that makes our world go round

Nov 18, 2008 | Lisa Watson | Back Issues

I have an extraordinary life. I’m a musician, an artist, a writer and a gardener. The beauty of these vocations is that I’m free to do them anywhere and anytime…

Christmas collections and recollections

Nov 18, 2008 | Michele Green | Back Issues

It is difficult to know when enough is enough with a collection. But when it has taken over every available shelf, countertop and dresser, it could be time to re-evaluate.

Letters – Our readers write: Winter 2008

Nov 18, 2008 | In The Hills | Back Issues | Departments | Letters, Our Readers Write

Letters published in the WINTER 2008 edition of In The Hills magazine.

Innovative orangutans, Otzi the Iceman and snotty children

Nov 18, 2008 | Douglas G. Pearce | Back Issues | Countryside Digest | Departments | Environment

If you want to avoid catching a cold, keep your nose warm, wash your hands a lot and stay away from children.

Kathryn Thomson

Nov 18, 2008 | Signe Ball | Artist in Residence

When you look at the finished piece, it’s hard to imagine that it was once a fiery, molten liquid.

Root Vegetables for Winter Warmth

Nov 18, 2008 | Sandra Cranston-Corradini | Back Issues | Departments | Food | The Country Cook

A basic tomato sauce is used as a topping for our simple cannelloni dish.

Wild Minks

Nov 18, 2008 | Linda McLaren | Back Issues | Departments | Environment | Headwaters Sketchbook

A mink can swim 30 meters underwater, dive to five meters, curl up with a clear conscience to sleep in a muskrat den after having murdered all the occupants.

Medicinal Wonders?

Nov 18, 2008 | Ken Weber | Historic Hills

“Why Die a Lingering Death of Direful Diabetes? Dodd’s Kidney Pills Cure It!”