Winter 2014

Sharing the highlights of excellent music that continues to percolate so vigorously in the hills.

Local riders prepare to dazzle spectators with a breathtaking competition at the Pan Am Games.

“Do you have any regrets?” Father’s piercing blue eyes stare into mine.

In the dark and wintry days of Christmastide, with its millennia-deep roots in Christian and pagan traditions, ancestral spirits and lost loved ones seem to draw especially close. But for some denizens of the hills, such communion with the spirit world is a natural part of everyday human experience.

If so, the only solution is to summon the can-do fervour of a good Canadian and … embrace it.

We absolutely loved it and thought Yevgenia Casale did an excellent job capturing us as a farm family in her writing.

You can find Winston’s painted Santa-themed carvings at Dragonfly Arts on Broadway, Orangeville.

Must shop, deck the halls, cheer and boo!

The community hall is one of the very last places where we are allowed to get together and make something out of nothing, just for the fun of it.

Made In The Hills – Here’s to a season of searching out the best our region has to offer – and sharing widely with family and friends.

For these “fatty” enthusiasts, the coming of winter no longer spells the end of the ride.

“Just play with the recipe. Have fun,” says Soulyve’s Phil Dewar of his Caribbean rum cake ingredients.