Looking for a new
hobby, or hoping to
rediscover an old one?
Check out these local
offerings:
Windsor Model Railroad
Club
Sun Parlour Radio Flyers
Essex County Stamp Club
Windsor Camera Club
Action Hobbies Kingsville
Windsor Cichlid and
Catfish Group
Soar Hobby
Greater Windsor
Horticultural Society
Groups of WRMC members have also gone on weekend and
week-long trips to shows or expositions and conventions as far away
as Milwaukee.
“What surprised me was the friends I made, I wasn’t expecting
to develop the friendships that I have,” says Bechard. As a member
for close to ten years, some of Bechard’s best friendships have
developed from the club.
Foy finds her hobbies balance both her solitary needs and her
social needs.
“Some of my greatest friendships have developed because of my
interest in nature or my trivia night attendance” Foy says. “But I like
sitting down alone to a puzzle or a book or to work on editing my
photos just as much.”
There’s a notable lack of members at WRMC from ages 13-20.
But even though teens might set aside their childhood hobbies,
they’ll likely come back to them.
“Kids get into it when they’re younger, and then lose it as other
things take over. As their adult lives settle, they find their way back,”
says Bechard. “It will wait for you.”
The same rings true for any hobby. You can take it or leave, or
put as much money into the hobby as you want. Your hobbies could
match, like model trains and electronics, or they could be as diverse
as Foy’s interests in underwater photography and thrift-store item
collecting.
Step out from the safety of the screen, and head outside - find a
sport, find a theatre, stop by the WMRC on a Tuesday evening. Try
something you’ve never done before, or pick up a hobby you left
behind long ago. It’s been waiting for you to come back.