The County Fence Podcast

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Sailing Yacht Atlanta
#22
Today at 2:00 AM

This week we join travel editor Rachael Boardman as she reflects on her first time sailing — fortunately with able skipper Jules Octavian.

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How Do You Live?
#21
11/21/2025

Our fearless editor-in-chief, Jules Octavian, reflects on a life well-lived, the spaces in-between, and planting trees without expecting shade.

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The Brownlow School
#20
11/07/2025

This week your loyal literary editor himself tries to parse out what it is he loves about his home town of Brownlow, Ontario.

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Jules Octavian Loves You
#19
10/17/2025

Jules told Rachael to write a love letter to Eastern Ontario...and that's sort of what she did.

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River's Place
#18
10/03/2025

Walter meets a girl.

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Reason Greater Napanee is Greater #2: Real Men
#17
09/19/2025

Napanee correspondent Brenda Hogg's got another reason why Greater Napanee is greater: real men.

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Gentrification
#16
09/05/2025

After Walter’s piece on Napanee Correspondent Brenda Hogg, Jules Octavian decided to see for himself what lies behind her early-2000’s big-box store privacy fence.

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The Art Show
#15
08/22/2025

Since art editor Walter Liu couldn’t find the local art scene, the local art scene found him. And they’re not so sure they like what they found.

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Home Port
#14
08/08/2025

Travel editor Rachael Boardman grew up in Brownlow but left as soon as she could — this week she weighs whether or not to return.

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That Naked Dream --or-- Men Writing Women
#13
07/18/2025

Gregaro McKool reflects on writing a novel he didn’t expect to write and finding his voice in the process.

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Everyone's Got Cholera
#12
07/04/2025

This week art editor Walter Liu explores propaganda and the immigrant experience as he reviews the early Canadian artist Cornelius Krieghoff in his piece entitled “Everyone’s Got Cholera.”

County Fence Bi-Annual Magazine is Eastern Ontario's oldest and most prestigious boundary and fencing publication. While the print edition has explored Eastern Ontario's boundaries since 1973 we are bringing County Fence to the world for the first time via the world wide web. https://countyfencemagazine.com



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The Haunting of Ginnie Cook
#11
06/20/2025

In his latest fence review, ‘The Haunting of Ginnie Cook,’ our fearless editor in chief, Jules Octavian, explores the boundaries of an old friend’s new home.

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Reason Greater Napanee is Greater #11: Tim Hortons
#10
06/06/2025

Today we’ve got Napanee Correspondent Brenda Hogg’s #11 reason why Greater Napanee is greater: the downtown Tim Hortons.

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The Twins
#9
05/16/2025

Check out travel editor Rachael Boardman’s piece on Burlington, Vermont. Please note that this article was originally published in print during the Biden administration. Since then things have changed.

County Fence Bi-Annual Magazine is Eastern Ontario's oldest and most prestigious boundary and fencing publication. While the print edition has explored Eastern Ontario's boundaries since 1973 we are bringing County Fence to the world for the first time via the world wide web.



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Stuart McLean
#8
05/02/2025

This week we've got the Stuart McLean-Margaret Atwood fan-fiction I mentioned last week. I’m not sure it’s what The CBC Short Story Prize was looking for but the week after a Canadian federal election shaped by annexation threats, I thought a few of you might enjoy it.

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Enquiring The Way of Jules Octavian
#8
04/18/2025

Literary editor Gregaro McKool tries his hand at a fence profile that explores whether to join the establishment or build something yourself.

County Fence Bi-Annual Magazine is Eastern Ontario's oldest and most prestigious boundary and fencing publication. While the print edition has explored Eastern Ontario's boundaries since 1973 we are bringing County Fence to the world for the first time via the world wide web.



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Meeting the Goddess
#7
04/04/2025

Our newly minted art editor, Walter Liu, can’t find the local art scene. Walter’s new to the Brownlow area, born in Hong Kong and raised in Toronto, so he’s encountering rural Eastern Ontario for the very first time. Strangely enough, I think he likes what he sees. Maybe a little too much.

County Fence Bi-Annual Magazine is Eastern Ontario's oldest and most prestigious boundary and fencing publication. While the print edition has explored Eastern Ontario's boundaries since 1973 we are bringing County Fence to the world for the first time via the world wide web.


Aliens
#7
03/21/2025

Whether last year’s congressional UFO hearings were a political stunt or genuine inquiry, our fearless editor in chief Jules Octavian sure found them attractive. This week hear Jules’ thoughts on why aliens might be giving us a wide berth and why they should stop by County Fence HQ to smell the forest.

County Fence Bi-Annual Magazine is Eastern Ontario's oldest and most prestigious boundary and fencing publication. While the print edition has explored Eastern Ontario's boundaries since 1973 we are bringing County Fence to the world for the first time via the world wide web.



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Poems Won't Buy Beer
#5
03/07/2025

Al Purdy is the patron saint of County Fence Bi-Annual and it could be said it was his poetry that inspired County Fence in the first place. Of course Al’s not alone, I also talk about Jules’ longest standing crush: Margaret Atwood. Ms. Atwood, if you’re listening, Jules would love it if you returned his calls.

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From the Archives: Camp Bethel, 1982
#4
02/21/2025

Jules Octavian investigates Abraham Hawley's utopian colonial ideals in this dive into the archives from 1983: Camp Bethel.

County Fence Bi-Annual Magazine is Eastern Ontario's oldest and most prestigious boundary and fencing publication. While the print edition has explored Eastern Ontario's boundaries since 1973 we are bringing County Fence to the world for the first time via the world wide web.



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Reason #1: Avril!!!
#3
02/07/2025

Greater Napanee is greater for many reasons. County Fence's very own Napanee correspondent, Brenda Hogg, thinks Avril Lavigne is numero uno.

County Fence Bi-Annual Magazine is Eastern Ontario's oldest and most prestigious boundary and fencing publication. While the print edition has explored Eastern Ontario's boundaries since 1973 we are bringing County Fence to the world for the first time via the world wide web.



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The Original Fence
#2
01/17/2025

Hear about the fence that started it all in County Fence's very first travel piece by our very own Rachael Boardman.

County Fence Bi-Annual Magazine is Eastern Ontario's oldest and most prestigious boundary and fencing publication. While the print edition has explored Eastern Ontario's boundaries since 1973 we are bringing County Fence to the world for the first time via the world wide web.



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Mister X
#1
01/03/2025

In our inaugural digital fence profile our fearless editor-in-chief Jules Octavian explores the Streisand Effect as he explores the boundaries of a man we have agreed to refer to as 'Mister X.'

County Fence Bi-Annual Magazine is Eastern Ontario's oldest and most prestigious boundary and fencing publication. While the print edition has explored Eastern Ontario's boundaries since 1973 we are bringing County Fence to the world for the first time via the world wide web.



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