Opinion

On An “Inventory Of Pleasures”

By John English On a recent podcast from the Strand Bookstore (www.strandbooks.com) featuring Margaret Atwood in conversation with Rebecca Solnit, they discussed Solnit’s recent book, Orwell’s Roses, which I have mentioned in a recent column. During this conversation, the concept of “an inventory of pleasures” came up.

March 03, 2023

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Concert at All Saints

(A Poem)

March 03, 2023

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Letter to the Editor fireworks

It has been one of my traditions to herald the New Year by going outside at midnight to hear the guns going off along the Shore.

January 24, 2023

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Dobbit Bakehouse Closes

Dobbit Bakehouse closed its doors with a great farewell party on New Year’s Eve. The shop supplied the community for 15 years with wonderful breads, scones, pizza dough, cookies, treats, and coffee.

January 24, 2023

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Ask an Organizer-Preparing to Sell Your Home

By Kelly Corkery What should seniors be considering when they think about selling the family home?

January 23, 2023

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On Imagination

By John English Imagination is a quality generally associated with children, and with creative people like musicians or artists or writers. I think I can safely say that all the great works of art I can think of began as thoughts or concepts in someone’s head – Michelangelo’s David, Beethoven’s 9th symphony, Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale.

January 23, 2023

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The Holidays Are Made for Dessert Wines

By Charlie Palmer, CSW This is the first of what will hopefully be a monthly column on food and wine. I live here on the Eastern Shore and have travelled North America teaching wine workshops, hosting wine dinners for private clients, and training sommeliers, waiters, and bartenders.

November 27, 2022

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Letting Go of Good Things

By Kelly Corkery Recently, I had a conversation about letting go of a piece of furniture that was a big ticket purchase several years ago. The individual was in the middle a housing transition from a large family home to a more modest accommodation.

November 27, 2022

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Letter to the Editor--NS Power

In a recent interview the CEO of Emera, Scott Balfour, claims he is worried about “the investment climate here in Nova Scotia” due to the Premier's decision to limit electricity rate increases at 1.8% over the next two years.

November 03, 2022

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What Amalgamation Has Wrought: 2022 Version

By Karen Bradley When the Halifax Regional Municipality came into being in 1996, many in the villages and enclaves of the Eastern Shore and Musquodoboit Valley were rightly concerned about an additional third layer of bureaucracy. The small communities had organized their own municipal concerns; the Halifax government had to manage urban, suburban, and rural issues.

October 30, 2022

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