In Every Issue
A Puzzling Conclusion: Winter 2009
A dots and lines challenge, a phoney insurance claim and flying low over King Road.
Hot Potatoes
They see a community and way of life lost, profits from local labour flowing south, and their exceptional farmland and water resources disappearing into a very, very large hole in the ground.
Chris Rogers
Chris Rogers was able to pursue her Time and Place Project – a study of a single spot in the woods over the course of year.
The Story of a Mill
Mono’s Sheldon Creek was the site of one of Ontario’s two longest-serving waterpowered mills.
Dark skies
You will find some sunny moments in this issue, especially in the lighthearted accounts by three of our writers about their first attempts at trying something new.
S.J. Pringle
In her public studio at Dragonfly Arts on Broadway in Orangeville, Ontario, Jill takes portrait commissions; capturing moments in loved-one’s lives to keep… and the evocative details that make them most memorable.
Suffer the Little Children
The settlers of these hills had fled wars and tyranny and repressive class system to seek a new life in a new world, but they were unable to escape the dreaded shadow of contagious disease, especially its grip on their children.
The Spring of Our Discontent
We like to stay on top of things here at In the Hills. That’s why last fall we ran a long feature on the impact of rising oil prices. Would…
Margi Taylor Self
Her interest in design and communications has led her on a career involving promotion, public relations and marketing.
How Not to Rob a Bank: Shelburne’s First-ever Bank Robbery!
Shelburne’s first-ever bank robbery began as a pretty scary affair, but in the hands of a bumbling stickup man it ended more like a gong show.



