Table Talk with Dee Lysak Denise Lysak

In Episode 2 of TABLE TALK with Dee Lysak, we explore the early days and milestones of the global movement, that we know as LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES. In the small communities of Sioux Narrows and Nestor Falls, we have two "Book Trading Posts". The book trading post in Sioux Narrows was designed and built by Jake Blosser. In Nestor Falls, a small group of community members came together - to design and build their version of a little free library. And, every time I see someone who is ...

This music essay is the first episode in Season Two of Table Talk with Dee Lysak. In this episode we hear I NEED ANGELS by the incredible singer-songwriter, Adrian Sutherland. I was first introduced to the soulful wonder that is Adrian Sutherland when Midnight Shine played at the Moose n' Fiddle Music Festival in Nestor Falls, Ontario, Canada.Music helps us explore our innermost feelings and at times our deepest and darkest thoughts. Music also brings us all together and inspires us to see th...

The other night I said out loud, to no one in particular. You are a very cute platypus. To which Mary Anne replied. What platypus? I said, “the one hanging on my laptop”. She looked at me, perplexed and said: That is a parrot. Look at the beak. “Oh, well the feet – they look like a platypus”. Either way – parrot or platypus. It is still hangin’ on my laptop and there it will stay. So here we go from Parrot or Platypus to PORCUPINES AND PONIES…The plac...

In the wilds of northwestern Ontario, creative residencies dot the landscape with hundreds of miles in betwixt and between. Rural and remote places are creating new pathways for discovery and exploration as artists travel from near and far away to take deep dives into their artistic practices. Old logging roads are now being used by nemophilists and in these deep, dark woods – artists are finding themselves inspired by the great outdoors: Surrounded by lakes, canopied forests, and rocks that ...

Last week, I found the most incredible piece of art. It is a painting of a black bear cub on a tree, on a live edge wood plank. It is rustic and whimsical all at the same time. The colours of yellow, green and blue – simply pop! Thank you... April Jones for sharing your art with the world. This painting will bring joy to our home, for many years to come!In Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls, we invite you to come for the summer and stay for the winter. Shopping local is sustai...

I so hope you enjoy this mix of fiction and fact, wrapped around the idea of telling stories around the campfire. The very idea of gathering dry wood, lighting a campfire and watching the flames dance in the dark of the night sky is synonymous with summertime in rural and remote northwestern Ontario!In every effort to be a responsible citizen and not light a campfire - as wildfires burn in our region and across much of western Canada… this episode of TABLE TALK with Dee Lysak is bittersweet. ...