The following memory is taken from one of the stories that will appear in a new book written by Brian Staple called, This Place Knows Me. The book, scheduled for release this December is a collection of stories about life growing up in Musquodoboit Harbour.
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By Richard Bell
Betting on the Eastern Shore has paid off handsomely for Bruce and Stephanie Murphy of Musquodoboit Harbour. In just over three years, they’ve gone from a start-up to The Shore Clothing Company, a small business that has thrived while the pandemic was claiming so many other small businesses across the country. We sat down for an interview in their old barn that they converted into a production studio.
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By Cassandra Grosse
The long-running effort to secure land titles for hundreds of landowners in North Preston, East Preston, Cherry Brook/Lake Loon, Lincolnville and Sunnyville, the Land Titles Initiative (LTI), has a new Executive Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Nova Scotia Office of Equity and Anti-Racism Initiatives, Alisha Brown-Fagan (photo). She succeeds Angela Simmonds, who took over LTI only last spring. Simmonds has moved on to the Nova Scotia Assembly, after winning the Liberal seat for the new Preston riding in the August 17, 2021, election.
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I urge Premier Houston to rescind the sale of Owl’s Head Provincial Park, the
coastal park reserve that the Liberal government secretly offered to sell for $306
per acre ($216,000 for 705 acres).
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By John English
Libraries and bookstores abound with titles that purport to show me how to determine my life purpose
– “Discovering Your Soul’s Purpose”, “Pathway to Purpose”, “The Meaningful Life”, etc. I have also noted
that there are many “life coaches” and self-styled gurus who are prepared to guide me to a life of
greater fulfillment and happiness. The surfeit of these offerings suggests that meaning and purpose are
important components of life, and that if I’m not trying to determine what my life purpose is, I should
be. The cynic in me also recognizes the cash value of my search for meaning for the many spiritual
counselors waiting to assist in my search, for a price.
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The 15th Annual Children’s Christmas Wishes runs from mid-November to mid-December. Buy a gift for a
less fortunate child. Tags of Wishes will be on the Tree at Sobey’s Check-out Musquodoboit
Harbour. Deliver gifts tagged & unwrapped to Musquodoboit Harbour Library by December 11 to put in the
Christmas Wishes bin (not the general foodbank gift bin) Register your tag at
[email protected] or 902-889-3440. Gifts are distributed via Foodbank.
Q: My Get Up and Go, Got Up and Went. How do I get started organizing?
—Lost in Little Harbour
A: Dear Lost,
Finding the energy to begin organizing can feel like an insurmountable task. Our stuff
impacts our mental health. It’s scientifically proven that unorganized and cluttered
spaces can lead to higher levels of cortisol resulting in anxiety. In short, our mess
causes stress!
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By Elizabeth MacKinnon
The Musquodoboit Valley Bicentennial Theatre (MVBT) in Middle Musquodoboit recently
opened its doors for a grand reopening concert after being closed since March of 2020.
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By Elizabeth MacKinnon
Adela N’jie has made many journeys in her life, both geographic, from The Gambia in West Africa to Dean, Nova Scotia, and metaphysical, from her traditional Catholic upbringing to coming to terms with her own spirituality.
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