by Deanna Foster ‘Pathe to Death’ stared at Trix on the grey piece of wood. Drawings of skulls, and other warning symbols, surrounded the words. She wouldn’t walk down the […]
by M. M. (12 years old) Chapter 1 Millie woke up to the sounds of chilling, icy breezes. She knew winter was coming, but on the small piece of land […]
For Ellen Helmke, a resident of St. Margaret’s Bay, owning Otis & Clementine’s Books & Coffee in Upper Tantallon started with a goal unrelated to books: she wanted to escape […]
In 1971, I attended a meeting at the high school in Shelburne. Two representatives from the Department of Tourism were there to help organizations plan and promote special events. I […]
Recently, my son discovered the rink at Boutiliers Point. He’s played “pond” hockey there with friends a few times this winter. Not for the first time, and rather wistfully, I […]
I was in the grocery store, trying to convince myself that it wasn’t unethical – I mean, not very unethical – to buy strawberries. From Mexico. In Nova Scotia. In […]
We all started out full of hope. A bud, a berry, a seed, or a twig sprouting upwards, full of life. Not far from our mother’s reach, entwined in her […]
It is like looking through a glass darkly. It is like using tinted glasses on this February day. It is like a landscape seen through the unwashed window of a […]
When did I know I needed to write it down? How is my story different than any other women who left extinguished marriages with a ton of kids? A friend […]
When the older lady started talking to me beside the meat fridge in Sobeys last Tuesday, it did not strike me as odd. This is Halifax, where people talk to […]
