ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA 1963 edition; Volumes 1 to 23 – White covers; Atlas – Brown cover PLUS its accompanying book cabinet. The white volumes are in Very Good condition; the atlas reflects some service. Original owner. 1768 Gold Crest on each white cover. Sale price: best offer. To purchase contact barney@thetimetraveller.ca.
The Algonquin Centennial Series by Barney Moorhouse In the year 1993 Ontario celebrated the 100th anniversary of the creation of its provincial parks. Algonquin Provincial Park, perhaps the best known park, was the flagship for this provincial fleet. In this Centennial Series I have attempted to highlight the Algonquin story focusing on the people and […]
THE PREYING MANTIS Learned some interesting information recently about the Preying Mantis while listening to Bob McDonald on the C.B.C.’s popular Quirks and Quarks radio show. Apparently, and someone has studied this, 35% of the time the females eat the male before breeding and 13% after. The males tend to be smaller in size and […]
SYRUP TIME On February 15, 2020, the Ides of February, almost to this day of publication, I attended opening day celebrating the beginning of maple syrup season at Bata Maples which was symbolic of course, but not by much, as the sap began running by the end of that month. I don’t know if there […]
SIGNS OF SPRING Two out of three isn’t bad. Perhaps it’s a Canadian versus American phenomenon. On February 2, 2021, at 8 a.m., Nova Scotia’s Shubenacadie Sam called for an early Spring. Sam, by the way, is short for Samantha. She made her prediction an hour before Wiarton Willie, an albino, and Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney Phil. […]
