This weekend, Viram Jasani is coming to Paradise. Viram and I shared the common experience of Chiswick Grammar School for Boys (1956-63).
Viram describes the experience in his memoir (Independence to Freedom, Chapter 6). Our paths have crossed a few times in the subsequent sixty years.
Both of us have shared a common interest in Geography. Both of us were influenced by Hank Williams, the geography teacher at Chiswick. Besides visiting ‘East of Eden’ what has rural Nova Scotia to offer?
Here is my top-of-mind list. We enjoy the landscape and will enjoy the ability to step from the Valley, go over the mountain ( North or South) to arrive on the shores of the Bay of Fundy. Viram and family have found an Air B & B in Cottage Cove. Our first stop will likely be the Edelweiss Inn on the Mount Hanley road.
Given Viram’s cultural background, I thought it would be fun (for me) to check out the local Indian restaurants. I found that there is an Indian Take-Out in Bridgetown — The Indian Masala House. I noticed too that The Brown Dog Kitchen in Annapolis Royal offers Indian Take-Out too. For more Nova Scotian fare, there is The Crow’s Nest in Hillsburn, or we could head up the Valley, to check out the wineries. In the few days available, we may not get beyond the borders of Annapolis County.
Postscript
In preparation for Winter, we had a delivery of two cords of firewood from M & M Firewood in Bridgetown. This will be back-up for the residual in the woodshed from last year.
I have managed to finish Frederic Gros’ A Philosophy of Walking.
”We do not belong to those who have ideas only among books, when stimulated by books. It is our habit to think outdoors – walking, leaping, climbing, dancing, preferably on lonely mountains or near the sea where even the trails become thoughtful.”
On another book, Friedrich Nietzsche’s The Gay Science —
Besides Nietzsche, the book introduces the thoughts of Rimbaud, Rousseau, Nerval, Thoreau, Gandhi, Kierkegaard, Kant and Holderlin.
Acknowledgements
Heather shares our home and the walking in Paradise. Edward has a talent for online graphics. Viram will make us see the landscape through fresh eyes.
References
Viram Jasani, 2023, Independence to Freedom, Austin Macauley Publishers.
Frederic Gros, 2023, A Philosophy of Walking, 2nd edition, Verso.
Ernest Blair Experiment 
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