On Friday evening, before our first Winter snow storm, we went to Bridgetown library. Caleb Miles was the on-duty librarian. I picked up the November issue of Rural Delivery, and Journey, Celebrating the Journey Prize. Selected short stories 1989-2023, edited by Alexander MacLeod and Souvankham Thammavongsa.
Rural Delivery published by Dirk van Loon has been going since 1976 (48 years). Articles of interest included Steve Skafte ‘ Fall of the House of Esser, Delaps Cove, NS. And Peter Redden ‘ Highly Motivated. Maritime Hand Mowing championship marks its 20th. Anniversary’. Peter was a neighbour of ours, living in Paradise on Highway #201.
Alexander MacLeod attended one of our Ernest Buckler Literary Event Society (EBLES) events in 2017. His most recent collection ‘Animal Person’ was named ‘ Book of the Year’ by the Globe and Mail and CBC books.
Today’s The Marginalian by Maria Popova includes ‘How to have enough: Wendell Berry on ‘Creativity and Love’. I have referenced his writing in previous blogs.
Our preparation for Christmas includes Shepherds Pie, Red Currant Jelly and fruit cake.
But for now, we must wait until tomorrow to see if there are snow-cleared roads between Middleton, in the Valley, and New Glasgow.
Postscript
Edward remains down South, away from the first snow storm of the Winter. This means that there will not be his usual cross- referencing to earlier blog entries, or appropriate graphics.
Ernest Blair Experiment 