DunRoamin’ Rescued Pets Desperately Need New Homes
DunRoamin’ Stray and Rescue isn’t a shelter. Although we do have a certain amount of cats and kittens “in-house”, the majority of our rescued cats, and all the dogs, are in foster homes. Unfortunately, our numbers are greater than the space we have and the foster homes at the moment. ...
Tigger Tales…
Hi. Bigger Tigger here. Well, guess what! I was wandering around and I noticed that there aren’t that many cats here, so I asked Miss Marble and she said it was the dogs…the dogs ate everybody!!! I climbed the maple tree and hollered to Angie about how these dogs...
Dog Soldiers
Angie Hovey During World War II a call was sent out for help, the allies asked for a special group of individuals that could fill some very specific requirements we so desperately needed to help win the war. We required that this group show total loyalty to those they serve, to obey every command without hesitation,...
Another Local Resident Heading to the Georgetown Conference in PEI
Joe Gee of Carlingford, NB has been accepted to attend the Georgetown Conference in PEI on October 3 & 4, 2013. He will be joining Linda Nicholas of Knowlesville and Francine St Amand of California Settlement (see the August 14 issue of the Blackfly Gazette for their stories) as...
Herbal Medicine
Way back before we had Big Pharma, pills and expensive patent medicines folks depended on local herbalists to help them heal when they got sick. Every generation of herbalists built on the knowledge and experience that had been gathered by the healers who had lived before them. These...
Wild Mushrooms in New Brunswick
It’s now mushroom season in the woods of New Brunswick and our fields and forests offer up a tasty buffet of edible wild mushrooms…if you know what you are looking for! Foraging for mushrooms is a time honoured event in many regions, with many mushrooms hunters jealously guarding the...
“All About The Beer”
With Mitch Biggar There are many discussions within the beer community on how beer should be rated or reviewed. I tend to lean towards the following criteria for beer reviews. I use five categories for evaluating beer. I highly recommend keeping a tasting journal whether it be hard copy,...
Chemtrails…not just a theory anymore
The US government and military began experimenting with cloud seeding technology and methods way back in the 1960’s. I was just a kid when it was discussed in one of my grade school science classes back then…it even seemed way cool and useful that it was possible to seed...
Shale Gas Presentation in Perth-Andover on September 18, 2013
Upstream Media for Citizens Awareness will be holding a presentation regarding shale gas and the impacts this industry will have on New Brunswick. Four guest speakers well knowledgeable in this field will be joining us for discussion on the economic and environmental effects hydraulic fracturing will have on communities that aren’t located...
A Long Time Along
When I was five And beginning to belong Getting growed up Was – a long time along, When she was “a beauty” In a silk sarong Stretch-marks and wrinkles Was – a long time along, When he breathed baseball His throwing arm was strong Being cut from the League...