Memory Cafe

Yesterday, Tuesday February 11, Heather and I attended a meeting of the Memory Cafe at the Evangeline Club in Berwick. It was a one hour event at 2:30 pm. Beforehand, we went to New Minas. At the Cole’s bookstore in the mall, Heather noticed Scott Osmund’s book ‘ Hidden Nova Scotia’. We picked up a copy.

Scott is from Corner Brook, Newfoundland. He completed degrees in Civil Engineering and Geography at MUN. In 2014, he established HiddenNewfoundland.ca as a place to share the Newfoundland hidden places, lost stories and natural wonders. In hopes that it would bring awareness of its history and provide others with an opportunity for adventures. In 2021, Boulder Books published Hidden Newfoundland. Hidden Nova Scotia was published in 2023..

After New Minas we stopped at Berwick for groceries and North Mountain coffee. The Memory Cafe was recommended by N.S. Health Services, Shelley Kingston.

The format was simple. Once per month groups in different communities share time together. Yesterday the focus was on a couple of Maud Lewis prints and the songs of the Beatles. Tea, coffee and desserts were available.The music was memorable for all the couples in the room.

Afterwards, checking out Hidden Nova Scotia it includes BRITEX, Bridgetown, Upper Clements Park, Nova Scotia Textile Limited Mills, Windsor, South Maitland Railway Bridge.

This morning, John Wightman and myself had a meeting with David Bowlby, MLA Annapolis County. The conversation topic was the four Moonshots developed by Edward Wedler ( I will publish #4 this week) and the relationship between the Human Resources at COGS/AGRG and the natural resources in the region: Mining, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

Reference

Scott Osmond. 2023. Hidden Nova Scotia. Boulder Books.