Jody Spark

The Hole: sometimes the simplest things can be excellent learning tools for children

May 26, 2014 // 2 Comments

COLUMN — Usually, the children like going to town. It is a change of pace, a chance to get cleaned up, put on town shoes and get the things we’ve been needing all [Continue]

Lasagna garden layers reveal and conceal

May 12, 2014 // 0 Comments

COLUMN — Everyone has something they don’t really want people to know about them. Sometimes it’s a big deal, often times it’s not. For me, it’s [Continue]

Where the red tree grows

April 28, 2014 // 11 Comments

EDITOR’S NOTE — Dan and Jody Spark take turns writing about country life each Monday in The Armchair Mayor News. COLUMN — It seemed so right, yet my heart retched [Continue]

Spring burning season in the country clears off grass but its enough to get you all fired up

April 14, 2014 // 0 Comments

COLUMN — It’s always about this time of year when we drive through our smoky neighbourhood and pass neighbours standing over their burn piles with shovels and [Continue]