by Mike Strobel | Apr 5, 2022 | Tulip's Adventures
Every fawn needs a Thumper or a Flower. This little white-tail may have found his Flower not in a Disney skunk but in Tulip, our Norwegian forest cat. The gaze exchanged between the young buck and our Viking cat spoke of a wondrous new friendship. Maybe come summer,...
by Mike Strobel | Mar 11, 2022 | Tulip's Adventures
Tulip has spent weeks in the Big Smoke, helping me with my Christmas Fund for Variety Village and luxuriating in the holiday season. Our intrepid Norwegian forest cat has always had a special relationship with the Christmas tree. For instance, she was a prime suspect...
by Mike Strobel | Mar 1, 2022 | Variety Village
TORONTO – Mike Strobel is a (kind of) retired Toronto Sun editor and columnist with 40-some years in the newspaper business who hangs his hat for a good part of the year in Kagawong these days. You might think all that time in the media business following stories in...
by Mike Strobel | Mar 1, 2022 | Variety Village
We did it. I mean, you did it. The Sun Christmas Fund has gone over $100,000 for the first time — and then some. To be exact, $117,124. That cheer you hear comes from the kids, and kids grown up, of Variety Village. “Wow! That’s a lot of money!” says Madison “Madi”...
by Mike Strobel | Mar 1, 2022 | Variety Village
Swimming was Vicki Keith’s life. In her storied career, she swam all five Great Lakes, including a double crossing of Lake Ontario, the English Channel, Juan de Fuca Strait, Catalina Channel and Sydney Harbour. I hear she even gazed at the Pacific Ocean with a glint...
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