Writings

Rescue Mission

Jack Macdonald couldn’t feel his feet anymore. He had been outside in a snowstorm looking for the stupid cat for nearly two hours. To make it worse, he didn’t even like the cat. It belonged to his wife, Denise. She had come home with the animal nearly two years ago after Buck, Jack’s Labrador retriever, […]

Inspired by: Hibernation,
by: Anne Fraser

Noticing

She noticed it in her hands first. The age, I mean. They worked so hard for so many years making a living, loving life. Creating and making is what these hands did mostly. They made floral bouquets, they made good food, they made love, and created joy around her and others. These hands are worthy […]

Inspired by: We are all universes connected to the beginning of time,
by: Ellen Sim

Snow Day Reflections

Wow, it’s the morning after a good ole nor’easter in Nova Scotia. What a monster of a storm it was. The snow resembles a soft white blanket covering cars and everything in its path. At first glance, it’s a daunting awareness of being completely snowed in and at the mercy of a massive snow plow. […]

Inspired by: Snow day in Seabright,
by: Beth Newman

Snow Moon

It snowed again last night. Julia Jensen watched the snow come down all night in the glow of the streetlights. She couldn’t sleep, thinking about her first day tomorrow as a teacher at Bayview Community School in Mahone Bay. Will the road be cleared? Will the kids give her a hard time? A text comes […]

Inspired by: See the moon, I’m looking at it too,
by: Amy Nemeth