Field Notes ~ Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

Everything is frozen solid.  Hard, deep, fast cold came in. With it grew this little forest of frost trees. A white woods in minia...

Jane's husband Gerry arrived at tea time this morning with tea and Timbits. Jane handed me the sweet, little box full of those sweet...

I tended to my friend Shelagh's Christmas cake as best I could for the month left to me after I'd neglected it for three weeks. (Re...

May your heart and your day be full of light, hope and peace. May you be comforted by the joy of the season. May you be blessed by sm...

First published in The Oxford Journal on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 by Sara Jewell Mattinson. ‘Twas the night before Christmas and all t...

These fine figures stand on the "front porch" of Lorneville United Church along the Amherst Shore. The first time I saw them, o...

Ten years ago my father was into his third year after a diagnosis with Alzheimer's and we were still caring for him at home; my div...