Book description
Cottage Daze celebrates life at the cottage where the cottage
is the main character, and family, friends, pets, and fellow cottagers
are the supporting cast. Whether writing about cottage routine
("First Ski," "Of Mice and Men," "Cottage
Guests"), cottage tasks ("Splitting Wood," "Boat
Launch"), nature ("A Gathering of Loons," "The
Sting," "Autumn Spell"), cottage fun ("The Cottage
Duel"), or cottage touchstones ("Start the Day,"
"Bonfire," "The Perfect Storm"), the stories are
told with humour, compassion, insight, and nostalgia.
Who doesn't remember sitting in a frigid lake, trying to help a
youngster get up on water skis for the first time, launching a boat
while the whole world seems to be watching, or getting caught up in a
nest of wasps? This collection of stories, elegantly organized into
four parts (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), will make readers
laugh, cry, and long to be at the cottage a "must have" for
every cottage bookshelf.
“In 160 pages this engaging journalist chronicles episodes at his
Muskoka cottage. Ross's Muskoka island cottage is a place where he
enjoys adventures and misadventures in all seasons. His robust sense of
humour and adventure are nicely balanced with insight about nature and
the human condition.” James Ross has a degree in journalism and has
worked as a newspaper reporter, cowboy, mountain guide, museum curator,
dogsledder, movie stuntman, animal trainer, photo double, and freelance
writer. He enjoys adventures and misadventures at his Muskoka island
cottage and lives in Bracebridge, Ontario.
