Taking a break from books, we went for a sail with eagles on Bras d’Or Lakes in Nova Scotia.
Here are some pictures from that sail.
For the rest of the story–follow this link to My Itchy Travel Feet.
Taking a break from books, we went for a sail with eagles on Bras d’Or Lakes in Nova Scotia.
Here are some pictures from that sail.
For the rest of the story–follow this link to My Itchy Travel Feet.
Destination: Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
Music: Celtic Colours Festival
As October brings a crisp edge to the air and leaves start to take on their autumn colors, music fills the air even more than it usually does across the island of Cape Breton, in Nova Scotia. It’s time for the Celtic Colours International Festival. Continue reading The Colours of Music on Cape Breton
Destination: Nova Scotia
Book: Island: The Complete Stories (hardcover 2000, paperback Vintage copy from Random House in 2002), by Alistair MacLeod
For a relatively small province of Canada, and one without major urban centers, Nova Scotia contributes quite a bit to the literary life of the country. More than a dozen small publishing companies serve the province. Canada’s most acclaimed writer, Alistair MacLeod grew up and went to school on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia and supposedly still summers near Inverness. Continue reading Canadian Writer’s Nova Scotia