Thank you for contributing copies of Saltscapes to our “Operation We Care” parcels. The Canadian Force members who receive these care packages are not only separated from their families, but also from their regular units.

I recently read your Publishers’ Pencil in the September/October issue, and couldn’t help but disagree with several points. You make it sound wonderful that rich foreigners are buying up land in Newfoundland.

In July, my wife, some friends and I were exploring the coastal road near Bouctouche when we spotted a small antique shop. The others went inside but I, not being overly interested in antiques, remained in the car to read my Saltscapes magazine.

I thoroughly enjoyed your article on home wine making (“No Vineyard? No problem,” September/October). Years ago, I made wine in my basement and it was in great demand—mainly by auto body shops to clean the rust off their tools. As such, I gave up until one day I was doing some work in Wolfville, NS, and, as I was looking at a three-hour drive to get home at 4:30 on a Friday, I decided my reward would be a six-pack for the weekend.