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Book Review: "A Year of Living Generously" by Lawrence Scanlan

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Kingston, ON, Dec 01, 2010 — If you could do volunteer work for a year, with each month in a different non-profit, what twelve groups would you work with? Lawrence Scanlan, a writer in Kingston, Ontario, chronicles his experiences as a volunteer in A Year of Living Generously: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Philanthropy. Betsy Kepes has this review.  Go to full article

Books: "Up on a Hill and Thereabouts"

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Ticonderoga, NY, Nov 24, 2010 — During the depression, how did a single mom with two kids support herself in a rural Adirondack community? Gloria Stubing Rist grew up on Chilson Hill near Ticonderoga at a time when a spare penny was hard to come by. Betsy Kepes reviews Up on a Hill and Thereabouts.  Go to full article

Review: "The Hidden Life of Deer"

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Colton, NY, Oct 04, 2010 — In the North Country, we see whitetail deer grazing in fields and leaping across roads at dusk. Author Elizabeth Marshall Thomas sees far more than that. Betsy Kepes reviews her new book, The Hidden Life of Deer, Lessons form a Natural World.  Go to full article

Book Review: "The Errand Boy"

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Colton, NY, Aug 18, 2010 — Not all thrillers are set in New York City or Chicago. Don Bredes sets his new novel in a fictional tourist community in northern Vermont. Betsy Kepes has this review of The Errand Boy.  Go to full article

Book review: "Goat Song"

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Colton, NY, Aug 10, 2010 — Our book reviewer, Betsy Kepes, can't stand the taste of most goat cheese. But, she thoroughly enjoyed Brad Kessler's new book Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, A Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese. It's part memoir, part how-to and part history.  Go to full article

Book review: "Summer World: A Season of Bounty"

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Burlington, VT, Aug 03, 2010 — It's summertime, and the living is easy. Well, not for every living thing. UVM biologist Bernd Heinrich says summer is "the season of reproduction, feeding, growing, and trying to avoid being eaten." Betsy Kepes reviews his new book, Summer World: A Season of Bounty.  Go to full article

Book review: "The Exuberant Garden"

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May 18, 2010 — It's spring and North Country gardeners are preparing for the green, growing months ahead. On rainy days, we can page through seed catalogs or our favorite gardening books. Nick Woodin operated a perennial nursery in Jay for 35 years. Betsy Kepes reviews his book, The Exuberant Garden.  Go to full article

Review: a primer on Asian religions

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Canton, NY, Apr 13, 2010 — Our book reviewer, Betsy Kepes, was never quite sure how karma differed from dharma or what tradition used the yin-yang circle. She found some answers in a book by a retired minister and religious studies professor from Canton. She reviews Wade Wheelock's Considering the Asian Religions, A Guide to Understanding, Evaluating and Appreciating.  Go to full article

Small town Ontario life in "Remembering the Bones"

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Merrickville, ON, Apr 06, 2010 — In Remembering the Bones, Ottawa writer Frances Itani imagines the long life of a woman in a fictional Ontario town, a village somewhere between Kingston and Ottawa. Betsy Kepes has this review.  Go to full article

Book review: "On a Darkling Plain"

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Lunenburg, ON, Mar 23, 2010 — In the 1950's, the Seaway power project created jobs for thousands of Americans and Canadians. It also flooded one hamlet on the south side of the river and six villages in Canada. Canadian writer, Maggie Wheeler, incorporates the history of this changed area in her new mystery, On a Darkling Plain. Betsy Kepes has this review.  Go to full article

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