Congratulations to the Muskoka Chaplaincy Association for winning the Muskoka Seniors Magazine Charity Contest! Being the contest winner provides the Muskoka Chaplain Association a free classified ad in Muskoka Seniors Magazine for 6 months (3 issues of the magazine), on the website and Facebook page, to promote their services, events and more. Thank you for everyone… Read More Muskoka Seniors Magazine Charity Contest Winner
Do you have a favourite registered charity in Muskoka that works tirelessly to help people in the community? Would you like to help them promote their services? If so, place your vote by submitting a comment below. Include your name, the charity name and a brief summary about how they benefit the communities within Muskoka.… Read More Charity Contest
By Murray Payne: What was I thinking? Well I was thinking about mentally rewriting my previous day’s story as I lay in bed. It had not stood up well to the class critique. It was a restless night for sleeping. I was preoccupied in my mind with rephrasing and rewriting my story in my head.… Read More What Was I Thinking?
By Dick Collins: Spring is a flirt in a flowered gown Kind of girl I would take to town For an evening date at a dance or a show And kiss a little and let her go. Fall is a friend with warm brown eyes Kind of a girl who would sympathize With all my… Read More The Four Seasons
By S. Derek Shelly: As I write this article, the season of Lent is about to start for the church. Like the church itself, the observance of Lent had not changed much through the years; yet in some ways there have been tremendous changes. Changes or no changes, Lent was meant to increase our faith.… Read More Lent and Faith
By Kate Douglas: On March 26th [2016] I will celebrate my tenth anniversary of quitting smoking and, as a result, I feel much healthier than I did ten years ago. Here’s the article I wrote for the Muskoka Newspapers in 2006 and I think it is worth reading for those of you who are trying to… Read More Smoking: Never Quit Trying to Quit
By Shirley Cambray It was baking day in the kitchen And let everyone beware Mom’s trying a new recipe, Interrupt her if you dare. Ingredients carefully measured, Oven set at 350 degrees. Everything done in proper order, For a cake Mom hoped would please. With butter, eggs and sugar added, Flour, milk and chocolate… Read More A Valentine’s Day Cake
By Bessie Grimes Back in the days of yesteryear It seems that no one had to fear Starvation in this land’s cold climes For housewives always took the time To keep a kettle on the stove Brimming with goodness, it’s been told, Meat stock simmering all day long; And no one thought that it was… Read More SOUP’S ON
By Anna Patterson Research indicates the importance of staying socially connected, in support of our health and well being. However, that doesn’t just involve company of the adult variety… The young can keep our bodies moving and our minds sharp. 9 year-old Anna Patterson provides us with a few tips – from a grandchild’s perspective… Read More Ways to Stay Connected With Your Grandkids
By Bessie Grimes: ln days of yore, in times gone by, We never stopped to wonder why We did our work a certain way Or why some tasks just took all day. Doing laundry was quite a chore; Lugging the clothes out through the door; Hanging them out upon the line ln any weather, rain… Read More In Days of Yore