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life is better Published monthly in St. John’s by Downhome Publishing Inc. 43 James Lane, St. John’s, NL, A1E 3H3 Tel: 709-726-5113 • Fax: 709-726-2135 • Toll Free: 1-888-588-6353 E-mail: mail@downhomelife.com Website: www.downhomelife.com Editorial Editor-in-Chief Janice Stuckless Assistant Editor Nicola Ryan Editor Lila Young Art and Production Art Director Vince Marsh Illustrator Mel D’Souza Illustrator Snowden Walters Advertising Sales Account Manager Barbara Young Account Manager Ashley O’Keefe Marketing Director Tiffany Brett Finance and Administration Accountant Marlena Grant Accountant Sarah Goodwin Operations Manager, Twillingate Nicole Mehaney
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54 Raiders of Avalon With roguish Captain Flint Locke at the helm, a local band of pirates has been spreading swashbuckling fun in uncertain times. Nicola Ryan
80 Ten Traces of Ireland Some of the obvious and not-soobvious places on the Newfoundland map that can be connected to Ireland and her patron saint.
94 Todd’s Table Irish Shepherd’s Pie Todd Goodyear
54 roving rougues www.downhomelife.com
118 Bell of Hope The incredible survival story of a Newfoundland Ranger and a British airman who spent weeks in the wilderness. Kim Ploughman March 2022
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homefront 8 I Dare Say A note from the Editor 10 Letters From Our Readers Scrabble, streetcars and seal meat stew
18 Downhome Tours Downhome readers explore the Caribbean
20 Why is That? Why do clocks have hands, and why do we get bags under our eyes? Linda Browne
22 Life’s Funny Reigning on Her Parade Shirley Partson
10 treasured moments
23 Say What? A contest that puts words in someone else’s mouth
24 Lil Charmers Happy St. Patrick’s Day
26 Pets of the Month Paddy’s Day Pups
28 Reviewed Denise Flint reviews Last Hummingbird West of Chile by Nicholas Ruddock
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30 Submission of the Year 32 What Odds How Paul Warford has been getting his kicks
34 Fresh Tracks Wendy Rose reviews Sure We’ll Go Home by Water by The Dandelion Few 38 Outdoor Adventures A Taste for Moose Tongue Gord Follett
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62 just beachy
features 42 A Century to Reflect A centenarian looks back on her long life. Dennis Flynn
48 It’s Good to Be Bizzie Children’s author Yvonne Bryant’s roundabout journey Kim Ploughman 58 Pursuing Peter Emberly Dennis Flynn’s search for Emberly’s “garden in the sea”
62 Sure Shots Featuring photographer Julie Baggs
48 bizzie times
explore 70 Enchanted by the Fossilized Forest The Blanche Brook Trail’s 300million-year-old treasure Nicola Ryan
74 Five Great Escapes Rejuvenating, memorable NL vacation destinations. www.downhomelife.com
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healthy & tasty
home and cabin 84 Stuff We Love Raise a Glass Nicola Ryan
86 Handy Hints for Home Repairs Marie Bishop
90 Know Your Knives Chef BernieAnn Ezekiel’s kitchen knives tutorial
98 Everyday Recipes The Dietitians of Canada provide delicious, healthy recipes for Nutrition Month.
104 Down to Earth Cultivating Carrots Kim Thistle 6
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110 springtime sunbeams
reminiscing 108 Flashbacks Classic photos of people and places
109 This Month in History The earliest known telephones in NL
110 Visions and Vignettes About the cover Tilting, Fogo Island (pictured), is one of the more Irish places in NL. Discover more about the surprising connections this community and others have to the Emerald Isle, beginning on p. 80. Glen B. photo
Cover Index Pirates Come Ashore Again • 54 Try Our Irish Shepherd’s Pie • 94 Traces of Ireland • 80 Kitchen Knives Tutorial • 90 Submission of the Year • 30 Fastest Sled Ride Ever • 114
Adventures of two young scalawags in a fictional long-ago outport. Harold N. Walters
114 The G-Force Ride How a boy’s ingenuity led him down a slippery slope Cyril Griffin
126 Puzzles 138 Classifieds 140 Mail Order 144 Photo Finish
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homefront lil charmers
Lovely Lassy Kate Mulrooney is decked out in green from head to toe, literally. Tina Mulrooney Portugal Cove-St. Philips, NL
Happy St. Patrick’s Day Lil Lucky Charm Six-month-old Myer Richards is the cutest clover in the patch. Laura Bown Gander, NL
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Rainbow Magic These cuties built a beautiful rainbow complete with pots of gold. Bethany Noseworthy Torbay, NL
Top o’ the Morning! Jackson doesn’t mind a snowy St. Paddy’s Day. Mary-Jo Fewer Marystown, NL
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homefront pets of the month
paddy’s day pups Pat Me, I’m Irish
Handsome Harley sends St. Patrick’s Day wishes. Kerri Miller Calgary, AB
Where’s the Pawty? Darcy, an 8-week-old European Yorkshire Terrier, is ready to celebrate. Brad Hynes Arnold’s Cove, NL
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Doggone Cute Seamus doesn’t look overly impressed with his hat. Denise White St. Mary’s, NL
HappyGo-Lucky Macaroni-Sky is adorable in his green bow tie. Meghan Anderson Conception Bay South, NL
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