Hugh Charles Russell

1961 CREST photo

Hugh was actually one of the first to send me a message via e-mail. He shared some interesting facts about the past 50 years. He lists the following as his occupations and work activity:

U. S. Foreign Service; international development for 25 years; disaster and emergency preparedness planning; human rights in Ontario government; now work with Ontario police forces figuring out how to help disadvantaged communities organize against crime and social disorder

Doesn’t this look like a great place to live. ( above) They live on a farm. 

“We live on 100 acres -- 60 of which is mixed, hard-, and softwood bush. I'll attach a pic, below, of our "field" in which we grow 6 varietals of berries, out of which we make value-added products for market. As you can no doubt imagine, we're under 3 feet of snow now -- a lifestyle we also enjoy, believe it or not (I know, for you Floridians, that's hard to believe!). E.g. we're out on X-country skis for 1.5 hrs., twice a day, with our dogs -- on our own bush trails. Of course, the purpose of that is to give the dogs! exercise -- a-hem! Then we return to our cozy home in which a fire burns all winter long -- day and night -- fueled by our own, sustainable supply of firewood. O'course that means that every April there's a huge push, just at the end of our maple syrup run, to get the next year's supply of fire wood cut, split, stacked and drying.”