This podcast, Table Talk with Dee Lysak, invites you to the eastern shores of Lake of the Woods with miles and miles of shoreline, ancient rock, and 14,522 islands. This is the Laurentian Plateau. Imagine yourself here, sitting with friends and family, around a kitchen table: listening. The stories are mine, to write and to tell. And, the tales - mostly fact, some fiction are centred around all that it means to be Canadian in an ever-changing world. The past will help us know where we came from and the present will ground us in our shared reality. I trust the words, all knitted together, will illustrate the world we live in. And, if we choose to act - individually or collectively: we can imagine and build an even better one. Life moves so quickly. Thank you for spending some unhurried minutes, with me - Dee Lysak.
For every person who has loved and lost. If you are feeling lonely, know that you are not alone. This episode is in loving memory of Peter Wiwcharyk, my grandpa and our time together, here on earth - on Lake Abernathy in Northwestern Ontario.
20 Sept 2024
Fire & Water, A Retrospective And An Invitation
This episode of TABLE TALK with Dee Lysak takes us back in time with a retrospective, centred around the theme of water. It also comments on current events and the calamity and chaos of climate change. The larger over arching conversation suggests that "art" can invite action, from all of us. Action that seeks uncommon solutions for the common good.Before I sign off, a special thank you to Bill Stunden and Daniel Jordan. Bill is a master recorder and editor. And, the lyrics ...
30 Aug 2024
Champagne Bubbles
My years are divided into two seasons: Camping and waiting for camping… For many months, here in Ontario’s North the colour white dominates. White is an achromatic colour, literally a colour without hue, that is a mixture of the frequencies of all the colours of the visible spectrum. Imagine if you will – brilliance, faith, possibility, goodness.
15 Aug 2024
Moose n' Fiddle Music Festival, 2024
And, 2-3-4…The first known music festival was the Pythian Games, a precursor of the Olympics, which was held from the late sixth century BC at the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi. A general celebration of all things beautiful, it included a day of musical competitions. Fast forward to more modern times and music festivals can be found in small and large centres across the globe – from Glastonbury in Pilton, Somerset to SXSW in Austin, Texas to Osheaga in Montreal, Quebec. Here a little closer t...
23 Sept 2022
Book Trading Posts
In Episode 2 of TABLE TALK with Dee Lysak, we explore the early days and milestones of the global movement, that we know as LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES. In the small communities of Sioux Narrows and Nestor Falls, we have two "Book Trading Posts". The book trading post in Sioux Narrows was designed and built by Jake Blosser. In Nestor Falls, a small group of community members came together - to design and build their version of a little free library. And, every time I see someone who is ...
2 Sept 2022
A Music Essay: I Need Angels
This music essay is the first episode in Season Two of Table Talk with Dee Lysak. In this episode we hear I NEED ANGELS by the incredible singer-songwriter, Adrian Sutherland. I was first introduced to the soulful wonder that is Adrian Sutherland when Midnight Shine played at the Moose n' Fiddle Music Festival in Nestor Falls, Ontario, Canada.Music helps us explore our innermost feelings and at times our deepest and darkest thoughts. Music also brings us all together and inspires us to see th...
7 Dec 2021
Porcupines & Ponies
The other night I said out loud, to no one in particular. You are a very cute platypus. To which Mary Anne replied. What platypus? I said, “the one hanging on my laptop”. She looked at me, perplexed and said: That is a parrot. Look at the beak. “Oh, well the feet – they look like a platypus”. Either way – parrot or platypus. It is still hangin’ on my laptop and there it will stay. So here we go from Parrot or Platypus to PORCUPINES AND PONIES…The plac...
19 Nov 2021
Creative Residencies in Northwestern Ontario
In the wilds of northwestern Ontario, creative residencies dot the landscape with hundreds of miles in betwixt and between. Rural and remote places are creating new pathways for discovery and exploration as artists travel from near and far away to take deep dives into their artistic practices. Old logging roads are now being used by nemophilists and in these deep, dark woods – artists are finding themselves inspired by the great outdoors: Surrounded by lakes, canopied forests, and rocks that ...
28 Oct 2021
Shopping Local
Last week, I found the most incredible piece of art. It is a painting of a black bear cub on a tree, on a live edge wood plank. It is rustic and whimsical all at the same time. The colours of yellow, green and blue – simply pop! Thank you... April Jones for sharing your art with the world. This painting will bring joy to our home, for many years to come!In Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls, we invite you to come for the summer and stay for the winter. Shopping local is sustai...
24 Aug 2021
Stories Around the Campfire
I so hope you enjoy this mix of fiction and fact, wrapped around the idea of telling stories around the campfire. The very idea of gathering dry wood, lighting a campfire and watching the flames dance in the dark of the night sky is synonymous with summertime in rural and remote northwestern Ontario!In every effort to be a responsible citizen and not light a campfire - as wildfires burn in our region and across much of western Canada… this episode of TABLE TALK with Dee Lysak is bittersweet. ...
9 Aug 2021
The Kitchen Party
The KITCHEN PARTY returns in 2021. Although we cannot gather at Caliper Lake Provincial Park in Nestor Falls, Ontario, Canada – we can still enjoy the sights and sounds of “this cool little festival at the lake”! A few summers ago… Roots Music Canada joined us at the Moose n’ Fiddle Music Festival on Saturday, August 19, 2019 and they had this to say in Dispatch #2:“4:04 p.m. – The festival is kicking off today with a performance they call the Kitchen Party. Really, it’s a giant jam fea...
8 Jun 2021
Blueberry Hill
This podcast might be the most personal one that I have written and recorded to date. You will hear references to my childhood and times spent picking berries with my Baba & Gido. If there is one memory, forever etched in time, it is the imagery that surrounds any blueberry hill on any summer day. And for me, this only happened with the loving and caring arms of my Baba & Gido wrapped around me, as I grew up on a farm in southeastern Manitoba. Now here in the w...
5 Jun 2021
I Am A Settler
I Am A Settler is a story that looks at the past, the present and the future. In this story, we discover Turtle Island and how everything is interconnected! And, to illustrate the power of story we share a personal recollection of a short road trip, a few blue moons ago, and the tale of a turtle heading east. Here in Ontario, Canada, the very early days of spring have been marked by a crushing wave of COVID-19 and in that same span of time, the idea of looking back - way, way back t...
29 Apr 2021
CUPID the Deer
This is a story of how one whitetail deer caught the attention of the human race and in so doing, catapulted one deer, just one deer from Anywhere, Ontario, Canada into the hearts and minds of many. CUPID the deer created an ecosphere; of faith, hope and love. In the telling of this tale, I have taken liberties to imagine how CUPID came to be. I have also carved out space for the ecology of a whitetail deer and its natural environs. Whitetail deer are not native to this region. Th...
6 Apr 2021
525,600
How do you measure a year? This seemed like a conversation that might happen while sipping on a hot toddy, warming up in a fireside den après ski or in a fishing boat on a sun-filled autumn day in the heart of cottage country. The song from RENT, the musical inspired this episode. I encourage you to have a listen and here is the link to the song on YouTube: Rent, The Musical - 525,600 MinutesThank you for listening and sharing your time with me. You can find Table Talk with Dee Lysak on...
18 Mar 2021
Debut Trailer
Welcome to Table Talk with Dee Lysak. I believe in the power of words and that WORDS matter. With this hope podcast, I will paint pictures with words creating a roadmap to rural and remote northwestern Ontario. Table Talk leans to active participation on all levels, from you the listener. Discourse is healthy. Conversations are encouraged. I welcome you to go on this season long journey with me.
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