September/October 2002

Dim Wits

By David Zimmer

Smart strategies for cutting your cottage wattage.

Portrait of the Cottager as an Artist

By Amanda Lewis

Meet six who draw inspiration from life at the lake.

On The Hit List

By David Lees

Will rudders make PWCs safer?

Put a Cork in it

By Brenda Bradstreet and Allan Britnell

Use your summer’s worth of wine stoppers to make this cottage pin-up.

My Father’s Boat

What happens when a teenage boy, a cottage lake, and Dad’s pride and joy come together? An excerpt from Houseboat Chronicles by Jake MacDonald.

Share and Share Alike

By Jane Rodmell

Potluck dishes guaranteed to please a cottage crowd.

Puttering

Task Master: Give your throne the royal seal
Real Tools: An indispensable scratch awl
Materials: The concrete jungle
In the Works: Some chainsaws get all the brakes
Job Jar: Stop your hammer from flying off the handle

Also in this issue:

On the Waterfront
Cottage Classic
Cottage Q&A
Solutions
Nature Scrapbook
Weekender