One of my favourite cafes, up the Valley, is the ArtCan Kitchen and Studios Cafe in Canning.
In particular, I enjoy the drive across the dykes from Wolfville. Even though we checked the open hours online, we discovered they are closed until March.
Instead, we stopped for coffee at The Village Coffee House next door.
Given early January, we were able to pickup the Grapevine, January 2026, Issue 23-01. It includes a short feature on Community Halls: the heartbeat of rural life, by Jane Baskwill. She focuses on Paradise, Centrelea and Inglisville.
Afterwards, we took a stroll down Main Street to the Merritt Gibson Memorial Library. It was open. We were able to sign out books for three weeks.
My choice was Rebecca Stott’s “Darwin and the Barnacle“. Heather’s choice was Gerald May’s “The Wisdom of Wilderness“.
We shall have to return before January 31st for our next selection.
Acknowledgements
Heather shared the drive. We took a slow drive back to Middleton, via Berwick, Aylesford, Kingston, along Highway #1.
Edward added the graphics and the links. Thank you.
References
Jane Baskwill, 2026, Community Halls: the heartbeat of community life, Grapevine January 2026, p.5.
Rebecca Stott, 2003, Darwin and the Barnacle, Faber and Faber.
Gerald G. May, 2006, The Wisdom of Wilderness, Harper Collins.
Ernest Blair Experiment 