The title is a bit deceiving.  This isn’t a blog just about country life.  It’s a blog about life.  Sam writes about whatever is happening where ever she is and Jim writes about life in the country.

Sam Mooney

When I started Living in the Country late in 2007 it was somewhere to write about country life in Ontario from what is essentially an urban perspective.  I was living in the Aude in the south of France but spending more and more time back in Canada.

My daughter and her partner had just bought a house in Priceville in Grey County.  Definitely a fixer-upper but a weekend retreat from Toronto and somewhere for me to spend time when I was in Canada.  I also spent time in Dungannon in Huron County.

Sometimes life changes faster than you expect it to and I moved back to Canada in the spring of 2008.  I had lived in Toronto before I moved to France but when I came back I found it too frantic.  Nice place to visit but I didn’t want to live there. I spent most of the year in Dungannon because there was no high speed internet access available in Priceville.  Tough to design and maintain websites on a dial-up.

As the year passed I found that I really missed the energy of a big city so now I spend time in the city – Toronto – and in the country.  It’s a perfect balance. You can reach me at sam@fortheloveofwork.com.

Jim Reed

Jim is an award winning journalist who retired to his roots in Huron County.  He writes for The Bruce County Marketplace as well as his own blog, Reed Writes, as well as writing for Living in the Country.  In his spare time he tends his garden and gets in wood for the winter when he isn’t exploring.  Obviously retirement doesn’t mean slowing down!  You can reach Jim at jimreed@rogers.com.