One Day at a Time

Yesterday, with fresh snow on the ground, Heather and I walked the road to the communications tower above Valley View Park (see also A Walk in the Park). Earlier, while in Bridgetown, we stopped at Endless Shores, where I picked up Peter Moreira’s book Backwater: Nova Scotia‘s Economic Decline, 2009.

Today, Wednesday, I checked online whether he had written any further books. Instead I found a podcast: Peter Moreira reviews the findings in the latest Atlantic Canada Start Up report, dated 2022.

Off to the Inside Story in Greenwood; they did not have a copy. Apparently, the book costs around $300. I returned to the COGS library to see if I could obtain it through inter-library loan. Chelsea Heighton proved very helpful.

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This evening, we have tickets to the film, A Complete Unknown at Kings Theatre, Annapolis Royal. It is about the life of Bob Dylan.

Sunday, we have tickets for Macbeth – Stage to Screen. We will travel to both with our friend, Jeannie.

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Later tonight, I may have the chance to reflect on the changes in Nova Scotia between 2009 and the podcast by Moreira in 2022. He was more optimistic in 2022. I wonder what he thinks today, in 2025, with Trump in the White House.

References

Peter Moreira, 2009, Backwater: Nova Scotia’s Economic Decline, Nimbus Publishing
Peter Moreira, 2022, Podcast interview with David Campbell and Don Mills
Nicholas Hill, Sarah Hines, Nelson O’Driscoll, 2024, Wetland Restoration for Endangered Species Recovery: A multidisciplinary case study of Big Meadow Bog, Brier Island, Nova Scotia, Springer Publishing.
Wendy Elliott, 2025, Books by Locals, The GrapeVine, February 2025, p.5.

Acknowledgements

Heather shared this busy day. Edward had time for the edits, before he headed back to Florida.