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Keeping your home organized can be a very taxing job. A lot of people have more stuff than they know

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Take A Friend Snowmobiling

By Craig Nicholson It’s winter in the Kawarthas, Haliburton & Bancroft region and you’re thinking about taking a friend snowmobiling as

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Cottage Memories: Chronicles of A City Boy’s Life In The Country

Macho Down Under By Craig Nicholson Wintertime is when my cottage basement really shines. It’s a masculine space that becomes

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Choose Your Snowmobile RideOn Recreational Trails

By Craig Nicholson Pre-Christmas is the time to start thinking about your snowmobiling this winter. Over my years on the

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Cottage Memories: Chronicles of A City Boy’s Life In The Country

SEASONAL MUSINGS By Craig Nicholson The municipal tax roll says I’m a “seasonal resident”. Does this mean I’m also recognized

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Cottage Memories: Chronicles of A City Boy’s Life In The Country

My Wild Life By Craig Nicholson It used to be that wild life involved partying at my college frat house.

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10 PWC Myths

By Craig Nicholson Despite the increasing popularity of personal watercraft (also called a PWC, jet ski, sea-doo or water scooter),

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Cottage Memories: Chronicles of A City Boy’s Life In The Country

Water Awareness By Craig Nicholson Water is essential to cottaging. Without it, diving, skiing and swimming would be painful. There’d

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Keeping Your Home Organized

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Cottage Memories: Chronicles of A City Boy’s Life In The Country

BEING WINTERIZED The wife and I gave new meaning to a “winterized” cottage. Usually the term refers to an abode

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