We want to hear from YOU! Sharing experiences, ideas, stories and creativity are powerful ways to connect us during these challenging times and a fun way to grow our Northumberland community. NFOTA wants to share your responses through our social media channels. So we invite you to help make this happen though our Community Chat…
In Spite of… by Linda Hutsell-Manning
In spite of Covid still haunting our lives, of produce spilling out of our vegetable garden faster than we can process it and, in spite of heat and humidity, I finally have a new writing project, a memoir about my unorthodox childhood. The first nine years of my life were idyllic. I was an only…
Meet the Faces Behind NFOTA: Jessica Outram
Who you are? I am a writer and teacher. People also know me as the Poet Laureate of Cobourg and a principal with the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board. I’m so glad I made the decision to move to Cobourg 10 years ago. Connecting with the arts community and walking along Lake Ontario regularly…
Take a Walk with Me by Carol Shaw
Early autumn is gradually arriving where I live, bringing cooler days, just perfect for long, leisurely walks. If you live in or near Warkworth, you should delight in a walk along its Millennium Trail. Whatever the season, something special is bound to attract you if you take the time to look and listen. The Council…
Northumberland Art Lovers: Rick Beaver
“My main intention is to bring people closer to the world in whatever context they themselves find personal meaning.” –Rick Beaver Today, Rick Beaver, Ojibway artist, biologist, and elder from Alderville First Nation, speaks to NFOTA’s Felicity Sidnell Reid and Chris Cameron about the importance of the Alderville Black Oak Savanna, his 1999 discovery of…
The Dog as Muse by Susan Statham
Born July 24, 2019, Artie, (AKA Arthur Conan Doyle) became my constant companion in early October. I’d met his dog mother, Bella, a year earlier during one of the ever-increasing vet visits for my fifteen-year-old French Bulldog, Janie (AKA Miss Jane Marple). “Ah you have a Frenchie too,” I said, acknowledging something of which I’m…
Meet the Faces Behind NFOTA: Cynthia Reyes
We commit an act of art when we use our imagination to create something new that tells a story the creator needs to tell.–Cynthia Reyes Who are you? I’m a mom, a new grandmother, and wife of a man who cooks, cycles, takes great photos and tells funny jokes. Thank God I’m a better gardener…
Complementary Views by Ronald Mackay
You may be forgiven for assuming that because we live on Rice Lake we must own a pontoon or at least a boat with a motor to putter about in. We don’t. Despite Viviana’s coaxing I’ve remained uncompromising. Internal combustion engines exasperate me. Until I was over thirty, I never owned a car, though I…
Northumberland Art Lovers: Jennifer Trefiak
Marie Prins interviewed artist Jennifer Trefiak in her Colborne Studio this summer about her vibrant “intuitive landscapes.” Jennifer will be one of the featured artists at the Art Gallery of Northumberland’s Spotlight Series 3 this Friday, August 27, at 7 PM at the Port Event Space in Port Hope. When visiting Jennifer Trefiak in her…