• What are you wearing under there?

  May 19, 2013 - 7 h 00

  Brittany W. Verge

  Having spent a good chunk of my adult life dressed in 18th century attire, I have gotten many questions on comfort and my ability to move.  This usually ends with a round about way of asking me what people wore for undergarments.

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• Navigating recipe copyright

  May 18, 2013 - 7 h 00

  Nick Moase

  I've been asked a few times to publish some of my recipes, but I have to be honest and say that will be a rarity in this column. The issue for me comes down to copyright. 

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• John Leefe on the shutting down of Kejimkujik National Park

  May 4, 2013 - 7 h 00

  By Tom Sheppard Spring is struggling into our lives and we see cars heading for Kejimkujik National Park with canoes and kayaks on their roofs. If they see him, they will get a warm welcome from the new superintendent, Eric LeBel, but they will...

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• The challenge is good for you

  April 28, 2013 - 7 h 00

  Nick Moase

  Every once and a while I come across someone who tells me they can't cook a certain recipe because it is too hard. 

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• Baking cookies is manly

  April 21, 2013 - 7 h 00

  Nick Moase

  The definition of a man is a strange thing. It's a construct of society, but that's much too philosophical for my purposes. Mostly it comes down to "a man doesn't do that."

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• The end of Indian Point mussels?

  April 20, 2013 - 19 h 00

  By Tom SheppardOur daughter-in-law Amanda has cooked Indian Point mussels for us, with appropriate amounts of white wine, garlic, butter and spices in the broth. They are amazing.

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• A peek into the past: Superstitions

  April 20, 2013 - 12 h 08

  Brittany W. Verge

  Superstitions of the past are something many of us chuckle over.  It’s funny how the same person who would chuck a bit of salt over the shoulder might giggle at the idea of someone believing in witches.

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• The great debate Butter vs. Margarine

  April 14, 2013 - 7 h 00

  Nick Moase

  If you'd like to stir a passionate debate, ask a cook if they prefer butter or margarine in their kitchen. Most pick butter, and will launch a slew of vitriolic comments about margarine. However margarine now outsells butter in the supermarket....

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• Trouble in the natural world

  April 13, 2013 - 12 h 00

  By Tom  The hummingbirds are on the move. The front lines are already in the Virginias and they should get to us in early May. They left their wintering grounds in Central and South America in February and were first seen in Florida and...

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• Give me a flu shot any day

  March 31, 2013 - 7 h 00

  Brittany W. Verge

    Write what you know.  That’s what a great English teacher once told me.  It occurred to me when I started working here that much of what I know consists of history, photography and keeping chickens.  Seeing as most...

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Other news

• March 30, 2013 - Brittany W. Verge - Nice day for a white wedding
• March 23, 2013 - Brittany W. Verge - Popular names of the past
• March 17, 2013 - Brittany W. Verge - A Peek Into The Past: pirates
• March 10, 2013 - Brittany W. Verge - Home Remedies past and present
• March 2, 2013 - Nick Moase - My favourite food
• February 24, 2013 - Nick Moase - The omelet test
• February 16, 2013 - Brittany W. Verge - First time donors, do not fear
• February 3, 2013 - Nick Moase - Finding clarity
• February 2, 2013 Large crowd at community forest meeting
• January 25, 2013 Work begins on proposed community forests
• January 20, 2013 - Nick Moase - Taking Stock
• January 16, 2013 Occupy Kejimkujik this weekend
• December 28, 2012 - Aethne Hinchliffe - Another journey begins for reporter
• December 22, 2012 The new White Point a beacon of light, design and comfort
• December 16, 2012 - Nick Moase - Gifts for the new cook