In each issue of SALTSCAPES you will find articles and photographs that reflect the best of Atlantic Canada:

• Getaways - hiking, motorcycle touring, weekend drives.
• Outdoor living - gardening and landscaping tips, features on the creatures and habitat we love.
• Food - Marie Nightingale, local chefs and your favourite recipes.
• People - profiles, genealogical roots, neighborhood news.
• Lifestyles - how-to projects, the music, architecture, fairs, festivals and fun.

As a regional lifestyle publication we generally avoid the doom, gloom and negativity of what’s known in the business as “hard news.” In fact, we rather pride ourselves on offering a respite from the nerve-jangling reports in the morning newspaper and on supper-hour television.

But global warming is different. It threatens to impact lifestyle: a bit of a Hobson’s choice really—our lifestyles will be impacted if we deal with it; and our lifestyles will be impacted if we don’t.

A river is a living thing. It has a soul, a voice, a character, a life. I live on the bank of a river. I hear it talk, moan, sing, giggle and gurgle. Sometimes it seems to harbour a spirit, an aura—or a supernatural something. Seasonal variations make it alternately a trickling brook, a frothy torrent or an ice jam. Its shape may change, but its soul remains intact. It’s like my best friend. It’s always there.