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Song of Northern Superior

White-throated sparrow (Photo by Wikimedia Commons)

White-throated sparrow (Photo by Wikimedia Commons)

It was a chilly April morning in southern Ontario, so all of the windows in my house were closed. But I could still hear something outside. I quickly pushed open the window and listened. There it was — the cheery song of the white-throated...

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Why I walk in the woods

American Chestnut (Photo by Norfolk County)

American Chestnut (Photo by Norfolk County)

The woods deliver in every season. Backus Woods is my favourite refuge and whenever I visit I am reminded why. It’s nothing in particular, really, but the experience itself. It’s breathing in the sweet, fresh oxygen-rich air as snow...

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