Where the Heart Is features a selection of paintings drawn from the past twenty years of Ann Mitchell’s career. Rooted in the native tradition, each painting captures real people in real situations and evokes a love of place often overlooked in modern life.

Award-winning artist Anne Mitchell’s paintings are featured in collectionsacross Canada and throughout the eatern United States.  Her work was selected for display at le Musée de la civilisation in Quebec City and she has been invited to participate in three International Art Naif contests.

Remembering the Rose is the journey of a community: Stanstead the 45th parallel, where I call home. The more I learned the more questions I had. I became aware of the uniqueness of this border town as wall as discovering the many first in inventions, industry and education. The Rose became a symbol of growth. A rose now opened fully at maturity to reveal its beauty and completeness. To lose an historic place or a part of history we lose a part of who we are. Remembering the Rose captures pieces of this community’s soul. (94 pages of photos)

A guide to....Canoeing, kayaking, hiking, cycling, birding, fishing, swimming & picnicking
Outdoor enthusiasts and nature lovers will welcome this guide to the the Eastern Townships region of southern Quebec where the mountains and valleys, rivers and lakes are an ideal setting for adventure.  Whether you want to paddle, hike, bike, walk or birdwatch near all the amenities of a fully-serviced tourist town or far off in a vast wilderness setting, you'll find what you seek here.

Volume I: A History to 1837

Knowlton’s Glen Mountain was a great place to ski, raise a family or raise a glass.
Here’s the story behind all those activities. Who founded the Glen? When? Why was the bar such a success? Why was there a need for a second ‘Glen’ bar? Why have so many great skiers come from such a comparably small mountain?

Over the years, all sorts of colourful people have been involved in the Glen organization: Peg Barnes, Buzzy Paige, Ken Jasper, Jackrabbit Johannsen, Bob Richardson, Pat Côté, Dick Shea, Jack Price, Denis Morin, Brian Robinson, Lucille Wheeler Vaughan, John Parry, Eddy Persons, Hank Rotherham, Peter White. The Glen has also produced some wonderful skiers, including Peter Smart, Paul Cunnius, Leigh-Jay Quilliams and Trevor Gavura.

The book is a thorough, not-so-serious look at what Ski Canada magazine has called, "The zany black sheep of the Ski East centres." Brian Eddington brings all aspects of it to life.

Years ago I came across some very old leather-bound diaries in my family's library. The period was 1842 - 1849. The diary started in England where a bankrupt solicitor named John Rumsey from High Wycombe, was banished to America. The diary covered the sea voyage to New York, the canal boats to Lake Ontario and the steamers and barges to Canada. During Rumsey's lengthy stay in Montreal he met an Irish servant who had fallen on hard times. Rumsey tried to help him. According to his diary:

   This being a country in which great things sometimes come from little beginnings, I suggested to a poor Irish servant, the vending of a corn medicine. I gave him a recipe, a fine name for it and an elaborate account of its merits. I mixed up the first fourteen bottles, the Queen's Printer gave publicity to it and after sending the bottles among the Canadiens, my Irish friend is now practicing his profession in the wide spread and free soil of the Yankee.

The diary ended the day his lodgings and the Montreal parliament buildings burnt down in 1849. While I wrote the biography,

I felt that it was no way to end a book — and so began the birth of the novel, Raise the Flag & Sound the Cannon …

When I heard about the St. Albans Raid, during the Civil War, it made the perfect melodrama for Rumsey's adventures ... even if it was fifteen years later.

Rumsey’s Irish friend returns to Montreal a success, and convinces John to leave Montreal, change his name to "Doc" Rumsey and to sell patent medicines in 

the “free soil of the Yankee.”

John Rumsey embarks on his new career to sell the Chickasaw Revival Tonic and to move to the first town across the border, St. Albans, Vermont. His timing is terrible.

“We have had to use Cousin Joe`s forcible expression a 'Raid From Hell`.  For about half an hour yesterday afternoon I thought that we should be burnt up and robbed. But I hope you don`t imagine I was one moment frightened, though the noise of guns, the agitated looks of the rushing men and our powerless condition were startlingly enough.” Excerpt from a letter by Anne Eliza Brainerd Smith, to her husband Gov. Smith.

Rumsey arrives just as the Confederate Rebels attack the banks in town. When a battle ensues, “Doc” Rumsey is forced at gunpoint to help their wounded.

They all escape to neutral Canada, where they thought they would be free of prosecution. The Canadian authorities fool them and arrest most of the Rebels. This story recreates the foiled escapes of the Rebels, especially those who got away and were never heard from again.

Don Davison, author *

* Don is a retired banker living in Knowlton, Quebec.

Eighty pages of beautiful photographs of the Eastern Townships photographed over the past forty years.  Bilingual text

A book for anyone who can read, but mainly for young teens.

Torn between a strong separatist French-speaking father and a liberal mother, Julie suddenly finds herself in an English milieu fighting for survival while  keeping papa in the dark about learning English. Will she be able to survive this ordeal or lose her Papa forever? What does the future hold for her?

A truly beautiful book on the life and work of artist Frederick Simpson Coburn. Evelyn Coburn complements the artist's work with personal letters, documents, family anecdotes and reminiscences. This is a loving portrait of a talented Canadian artist now remembered primarily as a painter of winter scenes, but whose work was wide-ranging and included remarkable nude studies and literary illustrations.

Lily Butters was the wife of a World War I vet and farmer. She and her husband had immigrated to Canada from England in 1929. In 1947, at the age of 53, she founded a centre in Austin (East Bolton), Quebec for mentally disabled children (including many Down Syndrome sufferers) and named it in memory of her dead son, Cecil. She continually expanded her farmhouse until the centre housed over 400 children by 1966. Her influence is still felt today by hundreds of (past and current) beneficiaries, parents and Butters employees. This is Lily’s story: the beginning, the crises, the triumphs, the end of the original Butters centre and the rebirth of Lily’s legacy through new Butters organizations.

That all who journey past be touched;
“Yea ever heard about Nigger Rock,” the old man asked?  Before  could answer, he continued to speak. “Yea know that black runaway slaves are buried there.” .....
Have you ever heard of the underground railroad? “That railroad for your information was not like the one they have in Montreal now, the one they call the Metro......”
“.....those poor runaway slaves came all the way to Canada in order to be free, but......”
“..........there was a black woman,.........she went by the name of Birdie,” the old man continued.
“I think we need to make Birdie proud.”the old man added, after he had read her poem. Who is Birdie? What does she have to do with Nigger Rock? Read her story, and as the old man said,.....“make Birdie proud”.

This is a true story of how a confirmed city boy was talked, cajoled and prodded into moving from the big city to the village of Knowlton.

QUEBEC BONJOUR is an invitation to visit the home province of Heather and Sharon, two of the more than three million people who speak English and live in la belle province.

They want to share their knowledge of :

• the culture, history and language of Quebec
• québecois customs and idiosyncracies
• social services and tourist attractions

They also :

• demystify restaurant menus
• give you their take on language legislation
• solve the puzzle of road signs (Risque de broillard, Relentissez)
• tell you how to get a doctors attention : “Mo-dee sa-fa-mal!”

If you are coming to visit, or if you live in Quebec and want to tell a friend what to expect, this award-winning book is the perfect introduction.

The setting for the book is régional: it is the life story of a Québécoise, in la belle province, from 1988 back to 1909. The plot includes a distinct dimension - veritable influence of religion and government on 20th century French Canada and on women in particular - a subject about which Huguette O'Neil writes with convincing authority.

This book features over 65 colourful folk art paintings with scenes of Québec, Ontario, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Switzerland.

In a 1970's setting, Janna recalls stories of her childhood adventures and shares favourite family recipes.  She is hoping to ignite the imaginations of children inspiring them to have fun playing using just their imaginations, when away from their computers.  

From the young, to the young at heart, Janna's detailed folk art paintings and narrative are almost certain to bring a smile across your face, as you are reminded of your own cozy memories from days long ago.

Janna's happy folk art paintings reflect her sense of humour and deep appreciation for the simple things in life.  It has been printed that Janna’s whimsical folk art is like a combination of Grandma Moses and Norman Rockwell, with extraordinary detail and vivid colors. 

Through her folk art, it is Janna’s ambition to contribute as much joy to others, by reflecting for generations our heritage and culture.  Janna currently resides in the lake side village of North Hatley, Québec.

1929-2004

A look into the roots of an Eastern Townships Family

A catalogue of the 271 archival holdings of the Eastern Townships Research Centre an accredited institution developed by Bishop’s University to motivate and support original research on the Eastern Townships.

ME AND MY TWO SONS
is the story of a mother's enduring love for her children and of a woman's spiritual journey of self-discovery.

At a time in history when Lennoxville shall no longer be, Kate Kinsman’s, Lennoxville  Sketchbook is sure to fly off the shelves quickly. The book is 64 pages with bilingual text and beautiful, both color & black & white sketches of Lennoxville landmarks.  Also available are a limited quantity of eight color prints from her book, for $10.00.

Kate Kinsman who died in 1998 wrote in her book: I will try to capture the colour and spirit of whatever is left of this charming little Canadian village that the municipal authorities  have been making every effort to preserve with all its qualities by every means of their diposal.  Here is Lennoxville. 

A History of Barns and Fences in the Eastern Townships of Quebec

306 pages of Text & Photos

Since the late 1990s, photographers Louise Abbott and Neils Jensen have travelled thousands of miles in the Eastern Townships of Quebec in their quest to document the remnants  of the historic agricultural landscape in the form of barns, fences and silos.  The Heart of the Farm  showcases over three hundred and fifty of their evocative photos, along with more than fifty rare archival images. The book also features an engaging and enlightening text by Abott that traces the evolution of barns from log to steel and the evolution of fences from wood to wire.

It's winter in the idyllic Quebec village of Three Pines.  Snow is gently falling and the residents are preparing their Christmas celebrations.  But someone is preparing something far more sinister.  Murder. As Chief Inspector Gamache of the Sureté investigates he uncovers layers of secrets buried deep and long hidden, until now.

It's spring in the tiny Quebec village and an Easter celebration is underway. It's a time of great relief in Canada, when winter loosens it's grip and new, fragile, hope emerges. Everything is coming back to life. Buds are on the trees, crocuses and snow drops and daffodils are struggling through the newly thawed earth. Life is insisting and insinuating itself.

But not everything is meant to return to life. Some things are better off dead and buried. 
I was hanged for living alone, for having blue eyes and sunburned skin, tattered skirts, few buttons, a weedy farm in my own name, and a surefire cure for warts.

Gabri, Clara, Myrna and a group of other villagers decide to celebrate Easter with a seance. They'll raise the dead. And to do that they choose the most malevolent place they know. The Old Hadley House, the horror on the hill, the site of so much of their woe. The villagers decide it's time to rid it of its evil. But the Old Hadley House doesn't let go easily, and instead of raising the dead a new spirit is created. One of their party dies. Of fright.

But were they helped along? By something of this world, or the next?

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team from the Surete du Quebec are called to investigate and uncover the real horrors of the Hadley House and the horrors that someone had hoped would never rise again.

In The Cruellest Month, Armand Gamache is forced to face his own ghosts and a betrayal from within the Surete and his own heart.

When they harvest my corpse
Surprise, surprise:
I am still alive.

Something nasty is stirring, and you're invited to attend.

Before I was not a witch.
Now I am one.

‘Three Pines is made up of good people,

but one of us is festering’

As the early morning mist clears on Thanksgiving Sunday,

The homes of Three Pines come to life – all except one…

To locals, the village is a safe haven. So they are bewildered

When a well-loved member of the community is found dead

in the maple woods. Surely it was an accident – a hunter’s

arrow gone astray. Who could want Jane Neal dead?

In a long and distinguished career with the Suréte de Quebec,

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache has learned to look for

snakes in Eden. Gamache knows something dark is lurking

behind the white picket fences, and if he watches closely

enough, Three Pines will begin to give up its secrets…

The Eastern Townships are home to some of Quebec’s most historic villages and towns. This stunning bilingual book chronicles the history of the Townships through rare early photographs. Some 200 images, each carefully researched, have been selected from the author's extensive personal collection, providing a fascinating glimpse of life in the region from about 1860 to 1950.

This long-awaited follow-up to The Eastern Townships: In Town and Village chronicles the history of Quebec’s Eastern Townships through text and archival photography. Nearly 200 photographs are reproduced, providing a rare glimpse of life on and around the lakes, ponds, rivers and waterfalls of the Eastern Townships from about 1860 to 1960. The Eastern Townships: On Lake and River is a visual journey back in time through a fascinating corner of Quebec. The images presented have been carefully researched, and were selected in large part from the author’s extensive personal collection. Chapters include: A Landscape of Water; A Good Place for a Town; Harnessing the River; Bridges; At Work; Enjoying the Water; Camps and Cottages; Hotels, Inns and Boarding Houses; Pleasure Boating; and All Aboard! This stunning bilingual book (208 pages, soft-cover) is a must for anyone interested in the history of the Eastern Townships.

Writes the author in his introduction,

“A country can be shaped as much by its land as by its water. The Eastern Townships are no exception. Each wave of settlement that has influenced the history of the region […] depended upon – and reaped the rewards of – the region’s waterways. Over the last century, the Townships have been the focus of a different kind of invasion: vacationers drawn to the region’s lakes, and cottagers willing to pay an ever increasing premium for lakefront property. At a time when rising demand for lakeside property and environmental threats such as blue algae have brought the region’s waterways to the forefront of our consciousness as never before, it is hoped that this volume will convey something of the part that these diverse bodies of water have played, and continue to play, in the evolution of the Eastern Townships.”

The poems in this book reflect the nature of the spiritual life. A poem can take us deeper and deeper into the reality of life, stripping away the veils of illusion that cover that reality like the skins of an onion, which can be peeled away one after the other, until the hidden is revealed in all its profound emptiness.

Two travelers embark on a trip from the Maine coast to Vancouver, British Columbia, while enjoying a slice of life in the 21st century. 
En route they encounter various detours and conflicts between old world ethics and contemporary freedom and absence of values.

This beautiful, colour book contains over 300 photographs of the Eastern Townships. The accompanying text describes the area's history, geography, architecture and sporting activities. A must for natives, visitors and ex-pats.

Over many years, as I travelled the beautiful Eastern Townships of Quebec, I was saddened by the sight of so many picturesque historic churches which were closed or about to close. I wondered whether memory  of the people who built them and the parishioners who faithfully cared for them over many generationswould be lost to posterity. I felt strongly that there was a need to document the histories of these churches and congregations so their story might be preserved for future generations to appreciate. Some of the congregations and their church buildings no longer exist, but many have left behind a wealth of history, and this, I hope will prove interesting to the reader. Phyllis Hamilton

A collection of humourous and whimsical vignettes previously published in a number of newspapers.  Any are about the adventures, problems and challenges of raising a family of five children to presumed maturity.

Though this volume centers upon two bards  in Quebec, it just as truly commemorates and celebrates their Highland community. Most of the verses are by Oscar Dhu, nom de plume of Angus B. MacKay, and by Finlay McRitchie. They are bards, but their Lingwick community in the Eastern Townships also played a vital role in their being the bards they were.

 

A fascinating and unique journey into the world beyond and a guide for everyone wanting to awaken their spiritual nature.

The story of youth work pioneers and the amazing impact their efforts made for so many youth. A success story, this book encompasses the passion, joy and vitality that for more than thirty years characterize this work of the United Church of Canada in the Eastern Townships And the North Shore regions of Quebec. The book gives insight into the roots of the network as well as a selection of personal stories written by youth, who took part in the programs between the years 1973 and 2000.

This book is the culmination of an oral history project that the club began in the mid 1990’s. Members of the CFUW Sherbrooke & District set off on a mission to record the memories of one-room schoolteachers from various parts of the Eastern Townships. They interviewed several students and one inspector; approximately sixty oral histories were recorded. Important memorabilia such as teachers’ contracts, report cards and photographs have also been included

During the first few decades of the 1900’s, one-room schoolhouses dotted the rural landscape of the Eastern Townships. Functional in style and constructed of local materials, such as wood, fieldstone, or brick, schoolhouses sprang up wherever pockets of school-aged children lived. It was not unusual to come across a school building every three or four miles because most teachers and students were expected to walk to school.

Most of the teachers in these one-room schools were young women in their late teens or early twenties. Many had attended Macdonald College, but some had stepped directly from high school into the role of teacher. Nevertheless, they assumed sole responsibility for educating all children, from grade one to grade seven within their schoolhouse. Often other duties such as cleaning the schoolhouse, organizing events, and stoking the wood-stove were also required of them.

This was an interesting period in Townships’ social and educational history and Days to Remember; One-room Schoolhouses in the Eastern Townships of Quebec offers a unique window into that world. This 178-page book is filled with personal recollections from teachers and students, touching and amusing anecdotes, many evocative old photographs, and reproductions of rare memorabilia.
With the publication of a permanent keepsake, there will be a lasting tribute to the courageous and resourceful women who taught in our one-room schoolhouses. The experiences and memories recorded are fascinating and we are pleased as a CFUW group to be preserving and celebrating this important piece of educational and local history.

With the publication of a permanent keepsake, there will be a lasting tribute to the courageous and resourceful women who taught in our one-room schoolhouses. The experiences and memories recorded are fascinating and we are pleased as a CFUW group to be preserving and celebrating this important piece of educational and local history.

With the publication of a permanent keepsake, there will be a lasting tribute to the courageous and resourceful women who taught in our one-room schoolhouses. The experiences and memories recorded are fascinating and we are pleased as a CFUW group to be preserving and celebrating this important piece of educational and local history.

The book also includes calendar pages where birthdays, anniversaries, and special dates can be recorded.

Bev Taber Smith

Taproot II: Poetry, Prose and Images from the Eastern Townships

This 140-page anthology showcases the creative work of 46 writers, photographers, and visual artists from the Townships. Featuring both established and emerging artists, this is a rich sampler of the talent to be found in this region. Here is a taste of a very special place.

“The anthology has something for everyone—the variety and high quality of most of the works it contains will please any discerning reader.” 

--Montreal Review of Books, Spring/Summer 2003

Taproot III: Poetry, Prose and Images from the Eastern Townships

This 120-page anthology contains an exciting mix of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, photographs, and artwork, which is sure to please a wide readership. Taproot III will take you on a journey that is sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant, sometimes artsy, sometimes folksy—but always interesting. 

“Clearly, the Townships have no shortage of talent….There isn’t a bad piece in the whole anthology.”

--Montreal Review of Books, Spring/Summer 2005

Three Eastern Townships Mining Villages in Québec
1863-1972

Albert Mines
Capelton
Eustis

All the poems you'll see here,
Wer writ' by me in the past year.
They weren't that easy to create,
So I ask you not to duplicate.
It's hard to judge an artist's mood,
So if you do, you might be sued.

In this book, what will you find?
Random thoughts from my odd mind.
There'll be no need to mull and fret,
For what you see is what you get!
There's simple truths set down in verse,
Some times I lecture, which is worse!
But if my book you chance to choose,
What I hope most, is you're amused.

THE BIRTH OF ARCHIBALD

In a tattered old box full of crumpled-up paper
 Hidden away for many a year
Sketchy notes on a man of distinction
      Suddenly to my sight did appear.

Archibald Bell was the character's name.
                         Dreams and inventions were his claim to fame.

I tried to ignore him, but try as I might
                   He took over my mind by day and by night.
My high-sounding poetry turned into verse.
                             My writing style suffered and soon became worse.

But Archibald Bell would have his own say
               And so I present him to amuse you today.

                                      Here's Archibald.

4 months of 2007 and 12 months of 2008
12inches  by 13 inches- Fits a large Calendar wood frame

Thirteen photos by Louise Abbott & Neils Jensen
2009 calendar & 4 months of 2008
Major Canadian & American holidays
Featuring: Canton Stanstead, St. Ignace de Stanbridge, Canton Hatley, Bury, Coaticook, Potton, Waterville, Fitch Bay, Cowansville, Ogden, Brigham & Tomiphobia

Threads of jazz, Western classical and Middle Eastern music interweave to create a tapestry of inspiring beauty and calm. This recording has been listened to in homes, schools and healing environments across the world. Its benefits are easily accessible, whether played in the background while doing other activities, or listened to in a more focused way during quiet reflective moments.

Akbar Eric Manolson lives by the village of North Hatley. He has studied and performed music in Canada, the United States, India and Israel, and has trained people in his unique approach to sound and movement in settings as diverse as brain injury clinics, corporate offices and at the 1996 summer Olympic games.

Music for Movement, Bodywork and Relaxation

This music is suitable for yoga, t'ai chi or any movement practice; massage and other healing therapies; and any situation where relaxing music is appreciated and beneficial.

Allyn Harris & Peter Mendietta play and sing traditional favourites for babies and young children.  Produced at the request of the St. Francis Literacy Council to help new parents and young children continue to enjoy learning and singing these well loved songs.

Amos first fell in love at the age of eight, and the world has been celebrating since. Pictured on the cover with his first love, legs spread and dangling off an old country chair, torn jeans a testament to his wild country ways, this young man from the boondocks of Quebec, Canada has never turned back. The wild embrace of Amos and Guitar almost twenty years on inspired a love affair that made his fingers dance madly and his voice flirt dangerously with the gritty and the sexy.

In travels from Europe to Thailand, and endless Greyhounds throughout the United States, he came to understand that music is a master means of communication, one that blasts through doctrine and convention and unites performer and audience in mutual embrace. He saw Thai children groove to his strumming and North Carolinians plough fields to his spontaneous ditties. In time, Amos stumbled upon the healing qualities of music and vibration. The root for the word 'health' in Arabic and Hebrew, S-l-m/Sh-l-m, is also the word for peace, wholeness and integrity. Music has come to symbolize all of these things for Amos. This might be what draws his fans so close.

Betty Piette was born and raised in the rolling hills of the Eastern Townships, near the village of Dunham, now popular for its vineyards.
Born into a Francophone/Anglophone family, her early musical influences were early western swing and her dads fiddle music which was a typical Quebec style.

In 2003 Bette started pursueing her passions in Swing/blues both acoustically  and electric. She was soon joined by some top musicians and a sound was born!
This is her 1st CD.

“Happy Go Lucky” was released in 1999 with 9 of the 13 songs originals. More accolades. Real Blues Magazine called it one of the 5 best CD’s of the Year and named the Boppin’ Blues Band Best Swing Band and Best Unsigned Band in Canada that year. It was also nominated for a Maple Blues Award as Best Album of the Year.

The women in Choromondo have been singing together since 1999. Their world music repertoire leads us to experience the poweful common ground all humans share when making music together. Their concerts benefit world communities in need.
Choromondo is based in North Hatley,Québec,Canada and is directed by its founder, musician and composer Allyn Harris. The songs on this album include Balkan love songs, Spanish ballads, a South African protest song, songs of reconciliation from Korea and Cuba  and a traditional Georgian riding song, originally for men's voices.

The music on this CD was inspired by Anne Givaudan's meditations on thought-forms. It is appropriate for all modes of meditation and for spiritual healing. Its vibrations facilitate the harmonization of the physical and non-physical body.

Christmas Music of Corelli & Gabrieli
Original and Arranged Carols by Donald Patriquin

Music for a Festival Folkmass and the Season of Christmas.
performed by the Island City Singers and Instrumentalists
with the Canadian Brass Quintet

Jim Robinson's  first CD, Heading South, (2003)is a spirited blend of folk and country songs rooted in the musical and story telling traditions of rural life in Quebec's Eastern Townships where Jim grew up, singing and playing guitar in a local dance band with his dad, performing in schools, community halls and barn dances as well as on local radio and television shows.

Fans of the 70's & 80's Montreal-based road bands J.W. FISH and THE ROBINSON FOWLER BAND will remember Jim—band leader, vocalist, guitar and bass player—along with band mates Susan Fowler, Rich Hammond, Bill Davis and Ed Kaye, from their performances in clubs and hotels in the greater Montreal area, Ontario, the Maritimes and northern Vermont. It was during this time he started writing and performing some of his own material, which won recognition from the American Song Festival and a first television appearance on the national CBC series, "Who's New."

All three of Jim Robinson's Cd's are listed with us and if you would like to buy two or more there is a special price of $15.00 each.

I've written literally hundreds of songs in my lifetime, and most of them have long since fallen by the wayside. These are the ones that have stuck with me.

…Intense, intimate and free of labels.  ''Kiss The Sky'', her new album (launched May 15th, 2007), seduces us with humour, a sense of hope, love and social reflection.  With superb musical arrangements, pearls of poetry and a new maturity in her voice ... Kate captivates us word to word, note to note!...

Peter Medietta-vocals 6 & 12 string guitars, bass claydrum, szither zenyyatta, chimes
Allyn Harris-piano, synthesizers, accordian, harp, viola, background vocals
Tom Hazlitt- doublebass
Phil Raphals-cello

Sightings of a large dragon like creature in Lake Memphremagog have been well documented. Scientific proof has yet to be established.  Sing along with Peter Mendietta

Bluegrass from the Eastern Townships of Quebec

All proceeds from the sale of this CD go to the Champlain College's,  Ken Makadoro Fine Arts Award

Ken Madokoro Fine Arts Award
This award was created in 2003 in memory of a veteran Fine Arts professor who passed away suddenly in July, 2003. The successful candidate(s) must be in the final semester of the Fine Arts program; must demonstrate a serious interest in continuing in the fine arts, formally or otherwise; must show creativity, combined with receptiveness to a structured learning technique; must demonstrate perseverance in their studies; must show initiative in taking responsibility for their own learning; must promote the advancement of the group as a whole; and must show improvement over the course of their studies.

A treasure of heirloom recipes
With this book, I want to share a treasure of traditional recipes that will help you prepare a variety of typical Québecois fare.
 I also wish to pay tribute to early settlers who left behind such a rich culture, still avery much alive in today's Quebec cuisine.
Bon Appétit! 
Micheline Mongrain-Dontigny

This book is a comprehensive guide that includes: the history, the collecting and making methods and the criteria used to select genuine products. It introduces you to new recipes and gives you the essential delights of our grandmothers. It is an invitation to enjoy the treats made with this delicious product of the land!

From Mrs. Dixon's Independent Living students ( Massey Vanier High School) who contributed their favourite recipes as well as time and effort to put together this cookbook. May 2003

Giving Shelter is a DVD that runs 52 minutes and features numerous Townshippers and Townships locations. Various styles of historic barns are shown in the documentary, including a Dutch barn in St. Armand, seen in the photo above. The DVD also includes a short film that showcases a modern timber-framed barn being raised in Hatley in the fall of 2008.

In a review of Giving Shelter in the June 2009 issue of the Townships Sun, Brenda Hartwell writes: "Giving Shelter breathes life into the interconnectedness of people and animals and shelter. It contains fascinating footage of people working with hand tools in the traditional manner of bygone days. It deftly preserves a way of life that is nearly extinct and offers a historical record of buildings, tools, and agricultural methods. It is also replete with individual stories and personal accounts....

"It will please anyone who has ever spent time on a family farm, anyone interested in rural history, anyone with romantic notions of homesteading. And it will certainly mesmerize all hand tool aficionados."

Beautiful embossed cards with no text. 
Original photography.

A beautiful  assortment of 18 prints of original watercolours, featuring flowers of the Townships.

Photo from left to right
Rudbekia and Daisies & Delphinium
$3.00 each or 6 for $15.00