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Hi there! I'm Leah Noble, and from 2012 to 2014 this was my blog, "Dream Big Cape Breton." I used this space to share my thoughts, my photographs, and my take on life in Cape Breton.
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Beer Tasting – a Bitter Ale and a Stout
For my first interview on Dream Big Cape Breton, I spoke with Jeremy White and his partner Melanie about how they came to move to Cape Breton, and about their dreams to open a microbrewery. The next time I ran … Continue reading
Posted in Business ideas, Food + agriculture
Tagged agriculture, beer, Cape Breton, economic development, hops, microbrewery
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Erin the Librarian: Useful Gardening Books at Your Local Library
By Erin Phillips I’ll start off this week’s post by admitting I am not an expert gardener. In fact, the first year Brian and I had a garden I had absolutely no interest in it – until harvest time, then … Continue reading
Posted in Food + agriculture, Guest posts, Libraries
Tagged agriculture, books, Cape Breton, Cape Breton Regional Library, community, Erin Phillips, gardens, libraries, organic
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Weekly Link Round-up
This week the Dream Big Facebook group was fairly active, with group members sharing links to various things happening in Cape Breton. Once a week I try and round up these links in a list here on the blog. The … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Markets, Mi'kmaq communities, Towns + communities
Tagged Cape Breton, Facebook, links, music, Northend, parks, Unamaki
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Q+A with Alicia Penney
Q+A is a new feature on Dream Big Cape Breton. How it works: I pick one local person, send them ten questions, and then after several emails back and forth between us, we’ve got ourselves a Q+A! If you would … Continue reading
International Women’s Day Open House – Baddeck – March 8th, 2012
Last Thursday was International Women’s Day! I was inspired a few months ago to do something to celebrate this international event. I heard a voice in my head – while in yoga class, how “new age” is that? – to … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Towns + communities, Women + kids
Tagged art, Baddeck, Cape Breton, celebrations, children, community, community halls, creativity, events, food, parties, women
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Frugal Friday with Erika Shea
By Erika Shea Last week when Leah proposed to make Frugal Friday a regular feature – and with a guest contributor at that – I had to hold myself back from dropping everything I was working on (making myself ridiculously … Continue reading
Posted in Guest posts
Tagged Erika Shea, frugality, money, Northend, Sydney, thrift, tips
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Erin the Librarian: What are ‘Sustainable Communities’ and how do libraries support them?
By Erin Phillips When Leah asked me to do this book review segment for the blog, I instantly knew the kind of books I wanted to share – books relating to building a sustainable community and books which offered practical … Continue reading
