Field Notes ~ Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

Last spring, my husband stuck 1,000 strawberry plants in the ground and said, "This is my retirement plan." Um, sure. Anyone dri...

First published in The Oxford Journal on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, by Sara Mattinson. Archan Knotz did not pick up a paintbrush until sh...

First published in The Oxford Journal on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, by Sara Mattinson. A few months ago, one of our great-nieces suffered...

This morning, 8 am. My good reason for being late to work! It's official: three heads.  This makes it the third summer in a row th...

Perhaps if you live in the Rockies or the Arctic or Newfoundland, this is commonplace but for us, every close encounter with wildlife makes ...

On the cover of today's issue, the Amherst Daily News has announced that as of Friday, August 2, it will change its name to the Amherst ...

Speaking of chickens (and you know we were), I love this lush little book by Lauren Scheuer http://scratchandpeck.blogspot.ca/ If you know ...