23 Things to Love about Winter in Nova Scotia

With thanks to my Facebook friends for their contributions. The smooth, quiet brush of fresh snow under your skis. The way ice breaks and cracks over rocks as the tide falls. Empty beaches with shimmering vistas. The mildness, softness and peace a snowfall brings. Like the folks here, a winter is softness and gentility: quite [...]

A winter drive in Lunenburg Co.

Let me take you for a drive after a snowfall. All photos taken on Thursday, January 21, on my way to Pinehurst, just west of Upper Northfield.

The long drive to Upper Canada

Some take it in stride; others would rather fly. The train is rather nice. I took the bus once – never again. But many, perhaps most, Nova Scotians have done the long drive between Nova Scotia and Ontario (once called Upper Canada) or Quebec (formerly Lower Canada) at least once. Many have gone “down the [...]

South Shore for Haiti

I was the “Dessert Queen” in Mahone Bay on Saturday night, receiving desserts people brought to the Mahone Bay Centre, sticking their names on the bottoms of the pie plates so they’d get them back later, sometimes tasting the desserts to find out what they were and if they contained nuts, slicing up cheesecake, apple [...]

Local Living Economies and BALLE-Nova Scotia

Here is an organization I’m proud and happy to haveĀ  joined – the Nova Scotia chapter of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies. Which makes me wonder, as a web designer, what is my contribution to a local, sustainable green economy? Hmm… well, there’s the commute. Most of the time, I just head downstairs [...]

The days are getting a little longer

… I think. At least the sun has come out as the temperatures dive well below freezing. After several days of hovering around the 0°C mark, the sun rose to -14°C. Time for a walk.