Table Talk with Dee Lysak
This podcast, Table Talk with Dee Lysak, invites you to the eastern shores of Lake of the Woods with miles and miles of shoreline, ancient rock, and 14,522 islands. This is the Laurentian Plateau. Imagine yourself here, sitting with friends and family, around a kitchen table: listening. The stories are mine, to write and to tell. And, the tales - mostly fact, some fiction are centred around all that it means to be Canadian in an ever-changing world. The past will help us know where we came from and the present will ground us in our shared reality. I trust the words, all knitted together, will illustrate the world we live in. And, if we choose to act - individually or collectively: we can imagine and build an even better one. Life moves so quickly. Thank you for spending some unhurried minutes, with me - Dee Lysak.
Table Talk with Dee Lysak
Stories Around the Campfire
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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. There is joy in the memories of campfires from summers past. And, at present an enduring gratefulness for the safety of shelter and surrounding woodlands – free from burning fires and acrid smoke. Growing up, the iconic image of Smokey the Bear pouring a bucket of water on a campfire comes to mind as does the famous saying “Only YOU can prevent forest fires.”
Our future rests in the hands and hearts of those who make this conscientious choice!
Here are a few fire & rescue numbers and links that may be good to have at your fingertips…
Fire, Ambulance & Police - 9-1-1
Forest Fire (Ministry of Natural Resources) - 310-FIRE (3473)
ON FACEBOOK, https://www.facebook.com/snnffiredepartment
Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources, and Forestry