A Taste of Home: Bonita’s Kitchen

By Dillon Collins There’s nothing quite like a home-cooked meal, and few do it better than Bonita Hussey. “For me, it’s all about bringing out those recipes. I never really thought in a million years that my homemade bread recipe was going to turn into hundreds of recipes available online,” shares the Upper Island Cove…

Why do we decorate Christmas trees with tinsel?

By Linda Browne   The stockings are hung by the chimney (or electric fireplace) with care, Nan’s in the kitchen mixing up the Christmas slush, and the dustbuster’s going full tilt as you try in vain to keep the floor clear of all that tinsel. Love it or loathe it, there’s nothing like those sparkling…

Hang on to Yourself: The Resilience and Recovery of Andrew Strickland

by Nicola Ryan   “I’m mostly fine, but unfortunately, I’m the same person.” Even filming from a hospital bed at the Miller Centre, he’s still the same irreverent Andrew Strickland. In a twenty-minute video beamed across socials, the musician, filmmaker, and father of three offers an update to his friends and followers. Speaking directly to…

Downhome Letters to Santa I

We may not be the North Pole, but we here at Downhome like to think we have a link to the big guy in the red suit. Earlier this fall, our team called on kids and kids-at-heart to submit their letters to Santa, and boy, did you deliver! Our mailbags were overflowing! Stay tuned in…