By Dee Dwyer
“When I first saw it, it was running away. But when I drove back to look for it, it came towards me. It popped out of a storm drain, and I leapt out of the car with two cameras. It was posing for me, and it scratched itself, and sniffed the air. It was such a privilege to photograph it.”
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By Karen Bradley
In 2010, I was attending an art gallery exhibit of artists from the Eastern Shore when I came upon a photograph of a water droplet entering the water, revealing the spectrum of colours in the droplet. I wrote down the photographer’s name. Connie Publicover.
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By Rachel Bruch (aka Belia)
Have you ever been on a Sound Walk? As the current artists in residence at the Deanery Project in Ship Harbour, my partner Kurtis Eugene and I are busy exploring natural and human-made sounds along the shore, in the woods, and in the Deanery’s many buildings.
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Christmas day turkey just barely slipped under the wire for being done, when the electricity went out. The bird was a lovely 13.7 lb. free-range baby, from Uprooted. After dinner, it went promptly in to the cold garage, in a stockpot with the lid held down tight with bungee cords.
I was optimistic...the temperature was dropping. It froze and there were no turkey meals subsequently made from leftovers. Finally the electricity came back, so I made soup a couple days ago; made buckets of it, as there was so much meat.
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By DJ Shuman
The decade that was the 1980’s captivated the world, and told it to move its groove thing since the day it started. Though the 80s may now be ancient history to today’s youth, this new generation harkens back to the time that pop-music and great movies were all kids needed to keep smiles on their faces and bumps in their steps. Granted, we don’t always understand all the funky hairstyles or weird trends, but who are we to judge?
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By Marcus Brady
Back in 2008, it was my Dad who introduced me, a crazy eight-year-old metal-head, to my favorite heavy metal band, Trivium. My Dad was playing the video game Madden NFL ’09 when he heard the song “Into the Mouth of Hell We March.”
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By Gina Dunn
There’s always government and community talks and meetings about local economic development – how can we create jobs in the area? How can we boost tourism in the area? How can we help small businesses and create new ones?
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Many thanks to all the kind workers who prepared lovely turkey dinners for the seniors from East Ship Harbour to Mushaboom. They were served at St. Denis Church Hall and in the Mushaboom Fire Hall. It was a lovely Christmas gift to the seniors from some very kind people.
From Eastern Shore Seniors
Editor's Note: A shortened version of this letter from the Community Campus Vision Association's Jean McKenna ran in the January/February 2018 edition of the Cooperator.
A Letter has been sent to the HRSB as a result of their last Board Meeting:
Dear HRSB members:
I am the Chair of the Community Campus Vision Association. We are a group advocating for replacement of Eastern Shore District High School and Gaetz Brook Junior High, with a single Junior / Senior high. As you may be aware, our catchment area reaches from Lake Echo in the west to Ship Harbour in the East, some 56 km. as the seagull flies, considerably further in light of the numerous lakes, bays, and coves within the boundaries.
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By Richard Bell
As he looked around the almost completed HRM building in Musquodoboit Harbour, Community Recreation Coordinator Doug Murphy could barely contain his excitement.
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