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Wednesday, February 15, 2017

The right honourable prime minister is in
desperate need of a communications advisor,
and I am available right now – and pro bono!

Just like our Liberal Pontiac MP William Amos, Canada's Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, is active and very connected with Canadians via Facebook.

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

When Is the Funeral? Who Are the PallBearers?

Finding wellness in Nature is easy here in West Quebec

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Please slap me to wake me up from this terrifying nightmare! The Trump card!

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Lisée snatches PQ crown from Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean Wonder Boy

Many people enjoy foraging in the wild for edible plants. It's a traditional pastime for many of us, and the enjoyment of seeking and finding plants such as fiddlehead ferns and mushrooms is a way to marry our love of nature to eating the freshest...

The other day, while driving the Notch Road bisecting Gatineau Park, I saw someone releasing a raccoon from a cage into the forest. He'd caught it in a humane catch-and-release trap and was letting it go into the forest.

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Rest in Peace, Our Friend from Vanier, Ontario

Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Wednesday, July 6, 2016

CHELSEA INSTEAD OF CHINA? WAKEFIELD INSTEAD OF PARIS?

Many of you contact me asking for help identifying plants and animals. Although I'm delighted to hear from readers, I want to share some excellent identification tools. Naturally, these represent a small sampling

My husband Eric -- a long believer in raised-bed gardens for our vegetables -- has built brand-new containers from poplar selectively felled on our property. Increasingly well-known gardener Tara Nolan

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Spring is coming. Everyone wants to get out and about in nature to welcome the retreat of the snow, and to stroll, hike, bike, horseback ride, or paddle in the countryside and urban parks.

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

One could argue everyone loves good food.

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