This week, I had to get my car serviced at Kings County Honda in Kentville. Apparently, there is a demand for second hand 2014 Honda CRV.
I also heard that there is plan to close the Scotiabank in Middleton.
While waiting, I read The Grapevine, October 2021; devoted to Arts, Culture, Community. Within, I discovered Gary Leeson has published a second book, The Secret of the Spring. A novel centred on activities at the Spa Springs hotel in 1889. He has previously authored the award-winning The Dome Chronicles.
From AIRO, I received the link to the YouTube video Rural Renaissance, How Canada’s oldest town reinvented itself. Kudos to Jane Nicholson, Andrew Tolson and Wilfred Allan for this inspirational, one hour documentary. It shows the way forward.
This week too, I have made significant progress reading Beyond the Map (see earlier blog post) where Bonnett describes thirty nine places. I am on #26, Magical London.
Looking forward to his Epilogue:
”Geography is getting harder to read; the map is breaking up. It is an extraordinary, even magical sight, but its also bewildering and often frightening. I used to think that this kind of glittering spectacle could be described as ’enchanting’ and that what I was doing, as I captured and catalogued escapees from the map, was offering a ’re-enchanted’ geography. But now I am not so sure.’ p.284.
Whether its Annapolis Royal, Spa Springs or one of Bonnett’s thirty nine places, behind each one there is a story and a real ‘sense of place’.
Acknowledgements
Edward added the graphics and links. Rocky Hebb provided the local updates. Heather, the encouragement.
References
Gary Leeson, 2021, The Secret of the Spring, Moosehouse Press.
Alastair Bonnett, 2018, Beyond the Map, University of Chicago Press.
Ernest Blair Experiment 