Penny Caldwell
Penny Caldwell has worked in the magazine industry as a writer and editor for more than 30 years. In 2000, she was named Editor-in-Chief of Cottage Life, which has won numerous awards under her guidance.
A passionate boater, Penny likes to kick back and enjoy cottage life at the family cottage she and her husband share with their two children and a golden retriever on an island in Georgian Bay.
Recent Articles and Blog Posts
Latest government closure will affect lake research
Trust the Federation of Ontario Cottagers’ Associations to be at the forefront of breaking news that affects lake stewardship. Here’s an excerpt from FOCA’s May Alert, which arrived in my e-mail today.
“Thursday, May 17,...
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New property report and survey released
Guest post by Blair Eveleigh, senior associate editor
Royal LePage released its annual Recreational Property Report this morning, along with the results of a survey it commissioned. The survey polled current cottage owners and...
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Board games coming to a theatre near you
Guest post by Jackie Davis, assistant editor. This Friday, the movie Battleship—based on the Hasbro game of the same name—opens in theatres. I don’t remember this board game involving any giant alien robots that emerge from...
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Environmental protection at risk
Guest post by Blair Eveleigh, senior associate editor
Okay, the Ontario budget may have passed (yay, no election!), but the bill to enact amendments coming out of that budget is still yet to pass; it’s Bill 55, the Strong...
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Clean water activist Maude Barlow wins United Church Award, begins tour
News flash: We’ve just heard that the night before she begins an eight-city speaking tour aimed at protecting the Great Lakes watershed, Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow will be presented with a Heart & Vision...
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Smoke detectors, CO alarms pushed in Safe at the Cottage campaign
Last summer we had a fire in our boat’s engine compartment. Our first clue something was wrong was the strong odour of fuel while we were under way. We limped into a nearby cottage dock, fixed the leak, mopped up the fuel,...
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Six things you can turn into an outhouse
Guest post by Jackie Davis, assistant editor. In our June 2012 issue we have a story about Diane Gauthier’s fishing boat-turned-outhouse (pg. 27). Neato! Definitely the coolest outhouse I’ve ever seen. (People send this...
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Super moon happens tomorrow night
“The notion of people doing weird things because of a full moon is just folklore,” according to a story on Fox News that talks about the supermoon happening tomorrow night. The closest point to Earth in the moon's orbit (the...
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Our boathouse bedroom
Some kids have a treehouse. My sister and I had a boathouse.
It was two storeys, white with green trim, same as the rented cottage up the hill. The two of us slept alone in the single room over the boat slip. She was nine; I was...
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Changes for small commercial vessels
Guest post by Blair Eveleigh, senior associate editor
If you make money from using a boat, as of July 1, you may have to register your boat as a commercial vessel with Transport Canada. This applies to most commercial vessels and...
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