Field Notes ~ Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

First published in The Oxford Journal on Wednesday, February 13, 2013 by Sara Mattinson. As I settle into a big armchair in the Mehta’s ...

Nova Scotia writer and River John resident  Sheree Fitch posted a tribute to the five young fishermen lost at sea here...

My commentary in today's Nova Scotian , the newsmagazine insert in the Sunday Herald . Please read it and try to remember this: dementi...

Every morning, my alarm goes off at 5 am and it takes two hits on the snooze button before I'm awake enough to untangle my body from dog...

First published in The Oxford Journal on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 by Sara Mattinson. “By the way, that egg sandwich you made for me o...

The email was a surprise -- "Would you be interested in being a community correspondent for CTV Morning Live?" The sender said s...

First published in the January 30, 2013 issue of The Oxford Journal by Sara Mattinson. There was a time when there were as many lights o...