This week, (May 22,2024) we held a meeting of the Ernest Buckler Literary Event Society (EBLES).
Jane Borecky, Anne Crossman, myself and Heather Stewart met at John Montgomery’s house in Bridgetown. Our motto remains Reading where we live: A Celebration of Local Writing (read posts Eccentrics, in Paradise, Authors Among Us, and EBLES Meeting).
Once again, I went to my bookshelves. I found the EBLES program for Saturday, June 3, 2017, at the Bridgetown Legion and one for Saturday, June 29, 2019 at the Temple on Queen. Somewhere, there is a program for the West Dalhousie Community Hall event for Saturday, May 19, 2023.
While browsing, I found a newsletter from the Elizabeth Bishop Society of Nova Scotia (Summer 2012) plus a self-guided tour of Elizabeth Bishop ‘s Great Village. It amuses me that both Ernest Buckler and Elizabeth Bishop share the same initials EB (read posts The Pastoral Economy and Geography III: Place Writing and Maps)
Two other finds.
The Nova Scotia Policy Review (2008, 2009) and Coastlands (2009, 2011), edited and published by Rachel Brighton, a resident of Bridgetown (read post Bring Back Coastlands).
MapAnnapolis Community Mapping project (read post Mapping Annapolis County)
About us:
‘Community-created asset maps are based on the premise that local residents possess expert knowledge of their local environments which can be expressed in a geographical framework which is easily understandable and universally recognized. Participatory maps often represent a socially or culturally distinct understanding of landscape and include information that is excluded from mainstream or official maps.’ Map Annapolis.
EBLES continues to support both the West Dalhousie and Centrelea communities. This seems appropriate: The Mountain and the Valley is important to David Manners (see post The Curious Mind), Ernest Buckler and those of us interested in the literary legacy of this part of the Annapolis Valley.
This week spent time financing property in Middleton. Changed our bank from Scotia Bank to Credit Union. Despite its name, Scotia Bank is not serving the needs of Nova Scotians in rural areas, closing branches in Annapolis Royal and Bridgetown.
Acknowledgements
Thank you John Montgomery for the hospitality. Jane Borecky and Anne Crossman for their hard work. Heather Stewart, for sharing the load.
References
Rachel Brighton, 2009, Coastlands: The Maritimes Policy Review, Vol 3.1, An ethical look at agriculture.
Rachel Brighton, 2011, Coastlands: The Maritimes Policy Review, Vol 4.1. Feast to Famine.
Claude Bissell, 1989, Ernest Buckler Remembered. University of Toronto Press.
David Manners, 1941, Convenient Season, Dutton Press.
Ernest Blair Experiment 