First Nations of the North

October 17, 2009

By Wendy McDonnell

This summer my family returned to the North.  After living in the city for four years, it was time to return to life: be alone and live simply.   We drove endlessly through our old exploration grounds reminiscing of the times in the wild we shared.  The grizzly bears greeting us by our doorsteps, [...]

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Eco-Lesson #1: Slugs

September 26, 2009

Slugs. When I was a child, my mom paid me a penny for each slug I found and poured salt on. I remember watching them shrivel into tiny balls, waste away and die. It was a form of torture for slugs that I really didn’t question. After all, what use could they really be?

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