This blog post complements ‘ Hidden Treasures’. Neither Heather or myself are very confident taking and sharing photographs with our cell phone. Viram provided us with photos from his visit.
- Old Meadonians and wives
- Heather and Mira
- Annapolis Valley
- Enjoying
- Selfie at Ashram
- The Ashram
On Wednesday, we attended Deb McBean’s presentation on cellphones at CORAH (Centre of Rural Aging and Health), NSCC Middleton (see earlier CORAH post). There were about thirty attendees, mainly retired citizens. The presentation covered the language of cell phones. There are a series of smaller, hands-on working groups scheduled for both Apple and Android phones.
Jennifer Westman announced that there will be new CORAH programs at the NSCC campuses in Port Hawkesbury and Shelburne (https://nscc.ca/corah).
On Thursday, we went to Kejimkujik National Park to walk the Peter Point trail. When we returned home, we discovered no Bell Aliant service. For two days, we were without telephone (land line), TV or Internet. There was a technical problem in the Bridgetown- Lawrencetown geographic area.
This serves to illustrate a problem in rural Nova Scotia. Not only do we need reliable infrastructure, we also need access to the technology for an aging population, and access to practical, hands-on problem solving. If we do not address this inter-generational issue, then we lose access to a significant community human resource. CORAH is but one small step towards inter-generational education.
Acknowledgements
Viram provided the photographs. Edward brought his graphics skills to the table. Heather walked the same trail.
References
CORAH at NSCC. https://nscc.ca/corah
Ernest Blair Experiment 