Posts made in October, 2015

Please forgive the length of this ‘Life at 45 Degrees’ story.  Hopefully, you can take a few minutes and live this journey with me…. This past Saturday morning started in the usual manner.  Up and at it, check out the view of the lake…. coffee, into the laptop while the cottage was still quiet.  Daughter and grandson asleep upstairs.  One of my favorite times of the day in Muskoka. A fate altering email from a friend changed my day.  Mitchell Shnier, of Save The Bala Falls engineering fame, communicates to me and a couple of other buddies, that a cottager friend, Sara West, on Long Lake has seen a loon in distress.  Can we help? I’ve heard about loons eating golf balls and getting tangled in fishing line before.  Probably the most famous of these was written by Mrs. Loretta Rogers and her artist friends up on Lake Rosseau about “Larry The Loon” being hit by a boat.  This however is a children’s book, and well known for its accompanying artwork by Mrs. Rogers, her artist friends, and Muskoka realist, the incredible Doug Dunford.  Doug happens to be a good friend, so we know the book’s history, and have several copies. Back to my Saturday morning coffee and email.  I...