Winter 2012

His grandmother was sitting at Thelma’s kitchen table drinking hot chocolate. There was a cup for him and the plate of peanut butter cookies had been ravaged.

Here are the highlights from this year’s local music scene. Listen up!

This is the issue in which we pay tribute to our Local Heroes, some of the extraordinary people whose commitment to community make life better for all of us here in the hills.

Letters published in the WINTER 2012 edition of In The Hills magazine.

“Macdonald spoke on April 27, 1885. He noted that the definition of ‘persons’ should be broadened to include women, this being a half century before the deed would finally be done by the famous Person’s case of 1929.

Jim crafts his pieces from fallen branches and other found wood, including remnants of docks, flooring and window frames.

Our favourite picks for winter, must attend, must frolic in the snow and must get creative.

For the longest time I had the gnawing feeling that something was happening somewhere and I didn’t know about it.

They were smuggled food by a local farmer’s wife who, knowing she was being watched, would tie packages of food to her crinolines and go for a walk.

The rebellion in Upper Canada finally got British authorities to look into what was upsetting the colonies.

Jamie bought Am Braigh’s three acres and broken-down old farmhouse in 1992. His aunt came up with the name, which is Gaelic for “higher ground,” relating both to his property and his spiritual leanings.

Qigong involves repeating exercises – some very simple and others much more rigourous – meant to get chi flowing. Specific exercises affect different areas of the body, allowing a practitioner to focus on particular problems and self-heal.