The Trouble With Money
Mary keeps talking about buying a place on a lake someday. That would be nice, but if we did, we would feel obligated to buy a boat to keep up with the neighbours…
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The Little House: Landscaping
… natural plantings are an opportunity to support pollinating birds and insects – -critical partners in our journey to a more sustainable future.
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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment
I don’t want to get to far ahead, but I think some of you might be mad if I waited to tell you the Mudmen are coming back to Orillia for their usual January concert (January 27th) and Irish Mythen is back for her first (I think) performance at the Opera House March 23.
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It Was A Starry Night
ShareBy John Swartz Starry Night in downtown Orillia Saturday evening was successful in terms of it wasn’t a total rebuilding
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Perspectives On Climate Change From Other Places – Part 3
“I tell people about how the Global South is exploited and why we must boycott western products and markets.”
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Sometimes The Internet Is Not And Does Not Have The Answer
I realize it is tempting to check out some minor ailment like that annoying rectal itch or the sudden attack of memory loss when you realize your car is upside down on the neighbour’s lawn, but…
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To Bee, Or Not To Bee
Sustainable Orillia would be most interested in supporting the City’s work to rationalize its bylaws with its commitment to a more sustainable community
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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment
He is holding out hope his art made of appreciation for the history of Orillia will be restored to its home.
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Won’t Somebody Please Think Of The Dogs?
We can’t just haul out a facecloth in the middle of the 23rd Psalm and start scrubbing away.
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They Came To Show, It Shined
ShareBy John Swartz Thousands of people were out Saturday to see all the shiny cars on display at the annual
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