Departments

By the 1880s, poor sanitation had been identified as a major cause of disease and governments were taking action. Here in the hills, newly established health boards had a lot of catching up to do.

As I walked the pathways that had been inaccessible through the winter months, the sounds and smells greeted me like old friends.

In the Rafters at S.S. #15, Pile-up at Fraxa Junction, Foley’s Dozen, A Game of Rummoli, Running For Lunch and an In The Hills Mini Mystery by Ken Weber The…

The approaching holidays are a time of tradition and rejoicing.

Letters published in the Winter 2010 edition of In The Hills magazine.

Unfortunately, Bentley’s love of snow was not reciprocated: He died of pneumonia in 1931 after walking home in a blizzard.

Where possible I try to incorporate ‘nature’s imperfections’ (knots, bark inclusion, decay, etc) into my work.

A highly selective guide to the picks of the season.

The WINTER 2010 edition of the Headwaters Sketchbook: Matching Birds to Food.

It’s true that winter and I were once friends, a long time ago. But then, somehow, we drifted apart…

Christmas was once a simple season of carolling and school concerts, of neighbourly greetings and family visits, of tinkling bells and sleigh rides in gently falling snow, all blessedly free of commercial pressure. Well, maybe.

Root vegetables – so called because the edible portion of the plant is the underground root – are harvested in late fall and cellared with the dirt still clinging to their flesh.