Thank you to everyone who helps us create Downhome magazine every month by contributing personal stories and photos. Downhome would not be the same without you. Of all the wonderful submissions we published in 2020, these two have been chosen for a $500 shopping prize and the title Submission of the Year. We award prizes…
Can a mysterious light in the sky foretell a storm? By John Gillett, Twillingate, NL When I was young, just 10 years old in 1957, on a warm September night around 9 p.m. I climbed a hill called Ochre Pitt, a small hill just above our house in Hart’s Cove on Twillingate Island, Newfoundland. I used…
Even if you must stay home this Paddy’s Day, you can still get your green on and celebrate Irish culture. By Nicola Ryan When I was young, way back in the late 1980s, my folks threw a couple of St. Patrick’s Day parties that rivaled Christmas for the amount of preparation and decorating that went…
New music review by Wendy Rose Leaving With Nothing Rube & Rake St. John’s-based folk duo Rube & Rake’s gorgeous harmonies and musical chemistry make a lasting impression. Josh Sandu and Andrew Laite’s sophomore album, a follow-up to their 2017 award-winning debut album Back and Forth, was eagerly anticipated and apparently well received locally: since…
