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Stone Soup, Cherry Trees, and Shorelines: An Update from Prince Edward Island on Hurricane Fiona

Posted on September 27, 2022 by Brenton Dickieson

Dear friends, I wanted to provide an update on our Hurricane Fiona experience here in Prince Edward Island. Since the storm hit on Friday night, we have been amazed at just how powerful it was. I appreciate the kind personal … Continue reading →

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Update, with Fundraiser Link: L.M. Montgomery on the Love of Trees, and Hurricane Dorian

Posted on September 23, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

I was inspired in reading L.M. Montgomery’s Kilmeny of the Orchard to provide a quick update to the tragic loss of so many of the trees at Montgomery’s homestead in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island. I was reading a passage, which … Continue reading →

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L.M. Montgomery on the Love of Trees, and Hurricane Dorian

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

L.M. Montgomery simply loved trees. Her journals are filled with notes about trees–the beauty of landscape, like “the groves of maple and birch just turning to scarlet and gold” (Sep 25, 1889), or the desire to disappear and run “down … Continue reading →

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